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Know that the life of this world is only play and amusementpomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of

wealth and children, as the likeness of vegetation after rain,thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries upand you see it tutrning yellow: then it becomes straw. But in the

Hereafter (there is) Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure(for the believers, good-doers), whereas the life of

this worls is only a deceiving enjoyment

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CONTENTSMessage of the Chairman Board of Governors ....................................................................................... 7Message of the Deputy Chairman Board of Governors ......................................................................... 9Principal’s Message .................................................................................................................................... 10From the Editor’s Pen ................................................................................................................................ 12The College Faculty ................................................................................................................................... 14

VIEWS & REVIEWS ................................................................................................................................ 18

ANNUAL DAY AND PRIZE DISTRIBUTION

Principal’s Report - Annual Parents Day and Prize Distribution Ceremony - 2010 ........................ 22Chief Guest’s Address - Annual Parents Day and Prize Distribution Ceremony - 2010 ................. 24The Award Winners .................................................................................................................................. 26Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony - 2010 ........................................................................................ 29Annual Round-up - 2010 ......................................................................................................................... 31

THE PROUD RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS & APPOINTMENTS

Gold Medalists ........................................................................................................................................... 36Prefectorial Board ...................................................................................................................................... 37Syed Ahmed Shaheed House ................................................................................................................... 37Shah Ismail Shaheed House ..................................................................................................................... 38Sultan Tipu Shaheed House ..................................................................................................................... 38Secretaries ................................................................................................................................................... 39Appointment Holders - English Literary Society .................................................................................. 40Bazm-e-Adab ............................................................................................................................................. 40Out Going 2nd Year Class ........................................................................................................................ 41

LIFE AT THE CAMPUS

Visit of the Chairman BOG, Lt Gen Tahir Mahmood, HI (M), S Bt & Bar ...................................... 48Visit of the Deputy Chairman BOG, Maj Gen Raheel Sharif, HI (M) ............................................... 4914th All Pakistan Bilingual Declamation Contest - 2010..................................................................... 50

THE WORLD AS I SEE IT

Education in Islamic Perspective ............................................................................................................. 54 Mr Saleem NawazHazrat Immam Hussain (RA) .................................................................................................................. 56 Hammad HassanIslamic Renaissance - The Need of the Time ......................................................................................... 58 Mr Shahzad Khan JadoonThe Back Benchers at College .................................................................................................................. 60 Syed Qamar Ai ShahLimitations of Science ............................................................................................................................... 62

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Mr Hanif JadoonThe Lost Gem (Ismail Gulgee) ................................................................................................................. 64 Ahmed Aftab MirzaI Miss You ................................................................................................................................................... 66 Hafiz Anwaarullah KhanFaith in the Unknown ............................................................................................................................... 67 Mansoor Alam KhanThe Demise of Societies ............................................................................................................................ 68 Talha MajeedTechnology is the Death of Morality ...................................................................................................... 69 Muhammad Tariq KhanIn Todays World Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair ........................................................................................ 70 Miss Rabia Nazir MalikMy Cries are the Songs of Independence ............................................................................................... 71 Umer Maalik“He” Survives ............................................................................................................................................. 73 Syed Wasiq Ali ShahFrom the Land of Pharoas and Mummys............................................................................................... 74 Nadeem AhmedUK – Through My Eyes ............................................................................................................................ 78 Essa KhanDrone Aircraft ............................................................................................................................................ 81 Sarmad AzizBlessing in Disguise ................................................................................................................................... 83 Syed Ali Zarghan BukhariDrug Addiction – The Problem of 21st Century ................................................................................... 84 Ahmed Saadullah KhanChemistry of A Woman ............................................................................................................................ 86 Syed Ali Hassan Shah

ON THE WINGS OF POESY

My Angel of Death .................................................................................................................................... 88 Rabia MalikLucky Me .................................................................................................................................................... 89 Ali Umer“Oh Burn Hall! Its Hard to Leave” .......................................................................................................... 90 Fawad SaleemA Brandished Love, A Dismal Defeat ..................................................................................................... 91 Essa KhanLike the Rising Sun .................................................................................................................................... 92 Khawar Latif KhanHappiness ................................................................................................................................................... 93 Syed Ali Hassan Shah

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Lieutenant General Khalid Nawaz Khan, HI (M)Chairman Board of Governors, Army Burn Hall Institutions

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Principal’s Message

It proffers me to communicate with young Hallians through the colourful pages of “The Hallmark”. The magazine is a good source of enlightening ourselves to know a lot about whatever goes on at the campus during the academic year.

Army Burn Hall College for Boys is one such leading institution of the Country which is well aware of its obligation towards wholesome grooming of young Hallians, the students here are fortunate and privileged to have such an environment. Here, we want them to be bold in the questions they ask and ambitious with the knowledge they seek, not only as students here, but also throughout life. We want them to be positive, enthusiastic and enjoy a sense of achievement in anything they do. Burn Hall is now offering such an education. It’s an education with individual attention in an academically rich environment. It’s an education that builds on children’s natural curiosity and asks for rigor and persistence. We will not hesitate to provide demanding challenges, but we will work to ensure that each child gains the skills and confidence he needs to succeed. The College presents a happy blend of traditional and modern education where knowledge is imparted to the students so that they may occupy a better place in the modern competitive world and develop all round personalities retaining the beauty of mind and intellect as well as of soul. It has made its mark in academic, sports and cultural fields. I can feel proud of its Alumni who are holding responsible position in social, political and economic life of the nation.

As Principal, it is my passion to inspire students to make plans that will help them achieve their goals and dreams. We all have a responsibility to help them find their own passion and work towards it. We at Burn Hall will encourage Hallians to be prepared to put in the work to reach where they want to be. We will motivate them to find the strength to ignore those who would see them fail and never allow others to belittle their dreams and ambitions. We will encourage them to never compromise until they have done everything they can to reach their dream. My overall message is: “Believe that you can achieve – and you will!” At Burn Hall we pride ourselves on our collegiate and caring environment, where every opinion counts. We believe in developing young inspired leaders at all levels. That exactly is our wish; and that exactly is our dream.

With Best wishes and warm regards

Brig Dr Muhammad Javed

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The College Faculty

ADMINISTRATION

• BrigadierDrMuhammadJaved Principal PhD• LieutenantColonelMuhammadKhalid SeniorInstructor MSc Physics

SECTION HEADS

• MrJavaidIqbal College• MrRiazJadoon School• MrNadeemAhmad Cambridge

DEPARTMENTS

BIOLOGY• MissZahidaAbbasi HeadoftheDepartment MSc Biology• MrNadeemAhmed MScBotany• MrMuhammadHanifKhan MScBotany• MrShadMuhammad MScBotany• MissSadafMaseey MScBotany• MrRahmatUllahKhan MScBotany• MrWaqasKhan MScBotany

MATHEMATICS• MrJavaidIqbal HeadoftheDepartment MSc Mathematics• MrNoor-ul-Amin MScMathematics• MrAyyazHussainZahid MScAppliedMathematics• MrHabib-ur-Rahman MScMathematics• MrShahidMehmood MScMathematics• MrAsimMalik MScMathematics• MrNoshadKhan MScMathematics• SyedaKokab MScMathematics• MrAskarZaman MScMathematics

URDU• MrRiazJadoon HeadoftheDepartment MA Urdu• MrsRubinaSohail MAUrdu• MrsAniqaAnwarShah MAUrdu

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• MrShabahatUmarFarooq MAUrdu• MrsNuzhatMumtaz MAUrdu• MrMuhammadQadeer MAUrdu

PHYSICS• MrBakhtiar-ud-Din HeadoftheDepartment MSc Physics• MrMuhammadSaqlainSafdar MScPhysics• MrMuhammadQasimAbbasi MScPhysics• MrShakeelAhmed MScPhysics• MrMuhammadSalik MScPhysics• MrSaqibHamid MScPhysics• MrWasibAli MScPhysics• MrFaisalAzeemKhan MScPhysics• MirzaSharjeelAlam MPhilPhysics• MrMuhammadIbrar MScPhysics

PAKISTAN STUDIES• MirIftikharAhmed HeadoftheDepartment MA History, LLB• MrAwaisAhmed MAPoliticalScience• MrShahzadKhanJadoon MAPoliticalScience,MAHistory• MrsSomiaGilani MScGeography• MrsJaweriaSajjad MAInternationalRelations

CHEMISTRY• MrsSairaBano HeadoftheDepartment MSc Chemistry• MrZahidMehmood MScChemistry• MrNaveedAhmedAnjum MScChemistry• MrsFoziaKamran MScChemistry• MrAtifMumtaz MScChemistry• MrTauseefAhmad MScChemistry• MrNaseerAhmad MScChemistry• MrFidaHussain MScChemistry• MrsIrumBibi MPhilChemistry• SyedZawarHussainShah MPhilChemistry

ISLAMIC STUDIES• QaziMuhammadArshad HeadoftheDepartment MA Arabic, MA Islamiyat, Fazil (Dars-e-Nizami)• MrSaleemNawaz MPhilIslamiyat• MrRashidIqbal MAIslamiyat,MEd

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ENGLISH• MrTashfeenAbbasi HeadoftheDepartment MA English• MrAamirKhurshid MAEnglish• MrTahirSaleem MAEnglish,MAELT&Linguistics• MissTahiraSadiq MAEnglish• MrMansoorAlamKhan MAEnglish• MrsSaimaShah MAEnglish• MissRabiaNazirMalik MAEnglish• QaziMuhammadTauseef MAEnglish

COMPUTER SCIENCE• MrZubairAhmedLodhi HeadoftheDepartment MSc Computer Science• QaziAdnan-ul-Haq MScComputerScience• MrJamshaidAli MScComputerScience

• MrMuhammadMukhtar MScComputerScience

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

• MajorKhurramSaddique Adjutant• LtCol(R)Rooh-ul-Amin AcademicCoordinator• MrShakeelAhmad AssistantControllerofExaminations• MrAyazHussainZahid HouseMaster(STS)• MirIftikharAhmad HouseMaster(SAS)• MrMuhammadSaqlainSafdar HouseMaster(SIS)• MrMuhammadQadeerQureshi HouseMaster(SKS)

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• MrsMehnazKhan MAInternationalRelations,MEd

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• MrsBibiNabeela MAPoliticalScience• MissAmiraEmmanuel MAEnglish• MissLubnaTaj BA,BEd• MrsNazishSherwani BA• MissJaveriaJadoon MAEnglish• MrsFairdaZarshid BA• MrsSaimaUsman MAInternationalRelations,BEd• MissMeherQurban BA,BEd• MrsSaiqaQasim MScComputerScience

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• MissSonanaSaleem MAEnglish,MEd• MissHifzaAkram MAEnglish• MissRabiaSheikh MAEnglish• MrsFaizaMasood BCS(Honors)• MissBushraJehangir MBA• MissIffatAkhtar MAEnglish• MissSaraKhan MBA• MrsTanveerJaved MAEnglish• MissMadihaNaseem MScEnvironmentalScience• MissAminaAwan MScComputerScience• MrsShaziaZaheer MAIslamiyat• MissRizwanaGul MScMathematics• MrsFehminaAbbas MAEnglish• MrsRoomanaKiran MScChemistry• MissNailaMalik MAEnglish• MissSaimaShafi MScPsychology• MrsSummiyaTahir MAEnglish• MrsHifsa BA,BEd• MissFiza BSMathematics• MissSannaKhurshid BA• MrsKausarParveen MA,BEd• MissTabassumJamshaid BSc• MissShabanaMiskeen MAIslamiyat• MissSumairaMalik BA• MissBushra BA• MissAyeshaYousaf MBA• MissShakiraBibi MA,MEd• MissRiffatNaz MSc,BEd• MissAmbreenRauf MSc• MissNimraAslam MSc• MrsEramBibi MA,BEd• MrsTayabaSultan BA,BEd• MrsRabiaShafaq MSc,BEd• MissFardaShabir MAEnglish,BEd• MissSehrishJaffar MBA• MissAimenKhan MScPsychology,BEd• MissBeenishJadoon• MissAmtulHadiaSarwar• MrsAmmaraNaseem MSc• MrsSakinaBibi MAIslamiyat• SyedaLailaNaqvi MAPolitiacalScience,BEd• MrsHadiaAslam• MrRashidGhous Matric(MusicTeacher)• MrNaqash Matric(MusicTeacher)

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I am grateful to you for sending me the College Magazine “The Hallmark 2010-11”.

I acknowledge this gesture with best wishes.

Awais Ahmad Ghani, Governor, KPK

I have gone through the “The Hallmark 2010-11” and found it quite educative and

informative. I also take this opportunity to congratulate you on sending of such a useful issue.

Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik, Commander, 11 Corps,

Peshawar

Thank you for sending me a copy of the College Magazine “The Hallmark

2010-11”. The bulletin provides informative reading for which editorial board deserves commendation.

Lt Gen Tahir Mahmood, Inspector General Arms,

GHQ, Rawalpindi

Thank you very much for sending me copy of your College Magazine “The Hallmark

2010-11”. It indeed gives a comprehensive overview of all the activities and acheivements of Army Burn Hall College.

Lt Gen Shafqaat Ahmad, HI(M), Commander, 2 Corps,

Multan

It is a matter of pleasure for me to receive College Magazine “The Hallmark 2010-11”.

It is indeed an impressive blend of high quality intellectual abilities and team effort.

Lt Gen Haroon Aslam, HI(M), S Bt, Chairman, ERRA

It is indeed a pleasure to learn the way this prestigious Institution is progressing. The

board of editors of “The Hallmark 2010-11” deserve appreciation for bringing out such a grandeur.

Maj Gen Muzammil Hussain, HI(M) Military Training Directorate,

GHQ, Rawalpindi

I am thankful to you for your kind gesture of sending “The Hallmark 2010-11”. I appreciate

your thoughtfulness.

Maj Gen Agha Umer Farooq, Commandant,

School of Infantry and Tactics, Quetta

Thank you for sending me Army Burn Hall College Magazine “The Hallmark 2010-

11”. I appreciate the efforts of everyone involved in compiling it and acknowledge this gesture with thanks.

Brig Shahid Baig Mirza, Private Secretary,

Chief of Army Staff, GHQ Rawalpindi

Views & Reviews

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Thank you very much for sending me the latest issue of the College Magazine “The

Hallmark 2010-11”. It trully manifests the Hallian spirit with all its colourful variety and the dedicated efforts of the college faculty and the students.

Brig Muhammad Aslam, Director Publications,

Human Resource Development Directorate, GHQ Rawalpindi

Thank you very much for sending College Magazine “The Hallmark 2010-11” to our

University which amply highlights the College life.

Brig Muhammad Nazar Tiwana, Director Collaboration and Coordination,

Natioinal Defence University, Islamabad

I acknowledge with gratitude receipt of your College Magazine “The Hallmark 2010-11”. It

is indeed a wounderful magazine and it would keep me reminding of the creative and literary activities of the Hallians.

Brig Shuja-ul-Mulk, Commandant,

Army Medical Corps Centre, Abbottabad

I gratefully acknowledge a copy of a College Magazine “The Hallmark 2010-11”. Having

gone through the magazine I find it to be an excellent publication.

Brig Muhammad Amjad, Principal,

Army Burn Hall College for Girls, Abbottabad

Thank you very much for sending me a copy of your College Magazine “The

Hallmark 2010-11”. The magazine is highly informative and vividly depicts, curricular and co-curricular activities, carried out at your esteemed institution during the year.

Air Commodore (Retd) Farooq H Kiyani, Principal,

Lawrence College Gora Gali, Murree

It was pleasure to go through your College Magazine “The Hallmark 2010-11”. The

publication is quite informative with a number of thought provoking articles.

Brig (Retd) Muhammad Afzal Malik, Principal,

Military College, Jhelum

I delightfully acknowledge the receipt of your comprehensive, informative and impressive

issue of the College Magazine “The Hallmark 2010-11”. The publication speaks of extensive hardwork put and by the editorial board and the students of your Institutioin.

Brig (Retd) Tariq Saeed, Principal,

Garrison Cadet College, Kohat

The Hallmark 2010-11 is gratefully acknowledged. Please convey my

appreciation to the editorial board and budding writers for the very attractive layout, colour scheme and pictorial depiction of the School’s activities.

Professor Muhammad Asif Malik, Principal,

Cadet College Hasanabdal

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Annual Day&

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Principal’s Report Annual Parents Day and Prize Distribution

Ceremony - 2011

Honourable Lt Gen Khalid Nawaz Khan, HI(M), Sitara–i-Esar Commander 10 Corps, Distinguished Guests, Dear Students, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Assalam-o-Alaikum On behalf of the College Faculty, the young Hallians and for my self, I welcome you all to the auspicious occasion of Annual Prize Distribution and Parents Day 2011. Your presence has doubled the festivity and grace of this momentous occasion. I am very grateful to the honourable Chief Guest Lt Gen Khalid Nawaz Khan, HI(M), Sitara -i- Esar Commander 10 Corps, Chairman Board of Governors Army Burn Hall Institutions, who has consented to be here among us as a Chief Guest. We are thankful to you, Sir.

Ladies and Gentlemen! Burn Hall indeed is a very bright star shinning on the horizon of education. It symbolizes prestige, magnificence, excellence and glory. The alumni of this great Institution have brought laurels to their “Alma Mater” in the past and its present and coming generations of Hallians will Insha Allah surpass the glory attained by their seniors. Students here are fortunate and privileged to have an environment, where they can enlighten themselves with divine light of knowledge and utilize their energies with a sense of purpose and discipline. We are striving that they must be a solid addition to the development of our Nation and Country. By the grace of Almighty Allah we are successfully pursuing this goal with unending passion and commitment.

Ladies and Gentlemen! Today’s function is not just a fine show of colourful pageantry. It is rather an occasion to reflect our achievements of the ongoing year and set new goals and priorities for the coming year. Hallians have always shown great determination to adapt themselves to the needs of newer challenges which are becoming more formidable with every passing year. It may apprise you of our this glorious year both in academics and sports. The academic performance of Hallians has been remarkable. They have produced the ever best results at SSC and HSSC levels. In 2nd year exams, 152 students appeared, 151 students passed the examination, 66 students secured A1 and A grads, whereas 79 students obtained B grade, while 145 students were placed in 1st Division and the class GPA remained 4.50 which is Quite Remarkable. Here, I would like to mention that Essa Khan for the first time in the History of Burn Hall has secured more than 1000 marks in the board Examinations; he stood 1st in the pre Medical Group by securing 1007 marks.

Ladies and Gentlemen! A total of 152 students appeared in the SSC –II exams. 141 students secured A1 and A grades i.e 93% of the total, which is ever highest. The overall GPA is 5.54 which is again the ever best, since the inception of Matric class in the College. 1st year and 9th classes also didn’t lag behind

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their forerunners. In 1st year 190 students appeared in the exams, 72 students achieved A1 and A grades, whereas, 144 students were placed in the 1st Division. In 9th class 177 students appeared, 169 students secured A1 & A grades and 176 students achieved 1st Division which is the “Best Ever result in the history of the College. Hammad Bashir was the brightest star who for the first time crossed the 500 marks in the Board Exams he obtained 501 marks. The overall class GPA was 5.63, which was again highest ever. In O Level Exams 30 students appeared. The number of A*, A & B grades obtained by the students are 194. It is important to note that A* starts from 90 % and above, A grade starts from 80% and above, where as B grade starts from 70% and above the grade aggregate was 8. The result of A level class was not that much encouraging but I am hopeful that they will perform better in the next examination.

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Apart from academics our main focus still remains on the overall personality development of the students. In order to achieve this goal, a number of curricular, co-curricular and extra curricular activities are arranged by the College, which include various events like Debates, Declamation. Qiraat, Hamd-o- Naat, Quiz competitions as well as host of sports competitions as well. The Hallians are also given ample opportunities to visit elite institutions of the country to take part in various competitions. This year our teams participated in the Declamation Contests held at WAPDA Degree College, Tarbela Cadet College Palendri and Pakistan Scouts Cadet College Batrasi. It is for the first time that our College participated in the Model United Nation held at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering & Technology Swat. The students have performed exceptionally well over there we are hoping to organize MUN next year or so. In sports, the College has played sports fixtures against Sadiq Public School Bahawalpur, Military College Jehlum and Cadet College Hasan Abdal. I am pleased to mention that we have out classed them in every field besides all this. We have successfully organizer the 15th All Pakistan Burn Hall Bilingual Declamation Contest in 26 teams of renowned institutions of the country participated. These results and activities clearly reflects the untiring and dedicated efforts of our faculty and the hard work of Hallians. The parents should feel proud of this great institution where their sons are undergoing education training.

Ladies and Gentlemen!

My report will be incomplete if I fail to express my sincerest thanks to all the members of the Board of Governors and other heads of the Army and Civil Institutions particularly PMA, all training Centers, Station Headquarters and other officials of Civil Government whose help and support was always forthcoming. On top of all, we are grateful to all parents for their tremendous co-operation and good will to Burn Hall in the end I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations to all the prize winners. I once again thank the Hanourable Chief Guest for sparing his precious time for us and of course to all of you for your valued participation in the function. May Allah grant us the strength and wisdom to lead these young students on the right path.

God bless Hallians,God bless Pakistan Army.God bless Pakistan.

Thank you so much.

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Major General Mazhar Jamil, Deputy Chairman BOG, Brig Tahir Hussain Butt, Principal Army Burn Hall College for Boys, Respectable Parents, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Assalam-o-Alaikum

It is indeed a source of satisfaction for me to be amongst you. I always have nostalgic feelings for this great Alma Mater. I can recall so many sweet memories and vibrant faces of the students who were determined to reach stars and started their efforts to achieve their aims. They had a very firm faith in the motto of Burn Hall “To What Heights Can I not rise”.

My Dear students!

Burn Hall is one of the most prominent Institution of the Country. As the Chairman Board of Governors, I have a keen eye on Burn Hall Institutions. I am particularly satisfied to note that Army Burn Hall College for Boys is doing it’s best to live up to the reposed trust in grooming the future of the Nation. The multifaceted activities pursued here, not only meet the educational needs of the

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students but also ensure a wholesome personality development and character building through a comprehensive training programme. This institution has attained and maintained its own high place amongst the elite institutions of the country and has produced highly enlightened patriotic and responsible citizens of Pakistan. True education is not merely the acquisition of degrees but its real objective is to produce well motivated, disciplined, versatile and dynamic citizens.

Dear Students!

The strength or weakness of a nation can be judged by the presence or absence of discipline in the life of people. No nation great or small can make progress without discipline as it is the national virtue of every great and prosperous nation. I would like to urge you that you must bring a strict discipline in your life that it is so essential for great success. This habit of discipline will surely enhance your academic performance too. I have a very firm faith that Pakistani nation is one of best nation in this world, because we have quite energetic, talented, hardworking, enthusiastic, sensible and very intelligent youth. Our youth is our backbone, our youth is our real power and strength. So you must be well aware of your responsibilities. Always keep in view, the future challenges, make your plans and recognize all those evil forces which are working against your nation and country. You have to face all these perils of life with valour. When I see you I always feel a ray of hope, strength and vigour in me, no matter what troubles and turmoils our nation is facing, we have been uniquely gifted to stand together in tough times.

My Dear Hallians!

I am very happy to see your past academic performance both in board and Cambridge examinations. I must say they are phenomenal results. I want you to continue this outstanding run in academics and try to improve further as sky is the limit.

In the end I congratulate all those who have won medals, prizes and certificates of distinction. I also congratulate the parents and the teachers for making good positive efforts to cross this milestone. I end my speech with this faith that Burn Hall will always live up to grandeur and deserve all the tributes.

My Allah bless you all

Burn Hall ZindabadPakistan Paindabad

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Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony for this year was held on 6th November, 2011. A function was arranged in the beautiful auditorium of Army Burn Hall College. Lieutenant General Khalid Nawaz Khan, HI(M), Sitara-i-Esar, Commander 10 Corps Rawalpindi, Chairman Board of Governors Army Burn Hall Institutions was the Chief Guest. Following trophies and prizes were awarded to the outstanding students in different catagories:-

Class 2nd Year

Pre-Medical

1st Essa Khan

2nd Muhammed Hamza Zaheer

3rd Roshaan Tahir

Pre Engineering

1st Salman Ahmed Sheikh

2nd Zain Nadeem

3rd Sardar Sher Muhammad Khan

Computer Science

1st Mohsin Hassan

2nd Muhammed Haris Naseer Khan

3rd Abdul Ahad Ayaz

Class 1st Year

Pre Engineering

1st Khawar Latif Khan

2nd Muhammed Fuzail Hashmi

3rd Muhammed Uzair Khan

Pre Medical

1st Sikandar Khan Tanoli

2nd Farrukh Iqbal Ghumman

3rd Faraz Ahmed Butt

Computer Science

1st Sarmad Nazir Abbasi

2nd Bilawal Bashir

3rd Asad Abbas

O Levels

1st Basil Ahmed

2nd Asad Elahi

3rd Asim Arshed Abbasi

Class 10th Year

1st Haider Ali

1st Umer Ishtiaq

2nd Muhammad Ahsan Hashmi

3rd Rana Muhammad Nauman

Class 9th Year

1st Muhammad Hammad Bashir

2nd Muhammad Hamid Arif

3rd Saad Zaman Khan

Junior Cambridge

1st Talha Khan (Arshad)

2nd Talha Khan (Amanullah)

3rd Muhammad Ahmer Zaman Malik

The Award Winners

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Pre Junior Cambridge

1st Syed Muhammad Ali

2nd Muhammad Kashif Shafique

2nd Abdul Rehman

3rd Nauman Munir

Class 8th Year

1st Taimoor Khan

1st Muhammad Ali Javed

2nd Hamza Akhtar

3rd Muhammad Zubair Wazeer

3rd Raja Mughis Ahmad

Class 7th Year

1st Bilal Liaqat

2nd Ali Akbar

3rd Zeeshan Ahmed

3rd Ajwad Farooq

Academics Trophy

Shah Ismail Shaheed House

Co-curricular Activities

Best Qari Waleed MurtazaBest Naat Khawan Ijlal Khan

Naat/Qiraat Trophy


Best Speaker Urdu (Debates)

Seniors Khawar Latif KhanJuniors Hafiz Naveed ur Rehman

Urdu Debates Trohy

Sultan Tipu Shaheed House

Best Speaker Urdu (Declamation)

Seniors Jamal Yaqoob JaffriJuniors Abdul Rehman

Urdu Declamation Trophy


Best Speaker English (Debates)

Seniors Jamal Ahmed KhanJuniors Fahad Zaman

English Debates Trophy

Syed Ahmed Shaheed House

Best Speaker English (Declamation)

Seniors Waleed UsmaniJuniors Umar Javed

English Declamation Trophy


Best Essay Writer

English Yousaf Bin FarrukhUrdu Okasha Riaz Jadoon

Best Story Writer

English Laeeq ur Rehman

Urdu Muhammed Javed Iqbal

Independence Day Trophy


Interior Economy Trophy


Quiz Competition Winners

Seniors Faraz Ahmed Butt

Juniors Usman Tanveer

Quiz Competition Trophy

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Sports Trophies

Basketball

Seniors Sultan Tipu Shaheed HouseJuniors Syed Ahmed Shaheed House

Cricket

Seniors Shah Ismail Shaheed HouseJuniors Syed Ahmed Shaheed House

Football

Seniors Syed Ahmed Shaheed HouseJuniors Syed Ahmed Shaheed House

Hockey

Seniors Syed Ahmed Shaheed HouseJuniors Shah Ismail Shaheed House

Squash

Seniors Syed Ahmed Shaheed HouseJuniors All the Houses shared the Trophy

Tennis

Seniors Sultan Tipu Shaheed HouseJuniors Syed Ahmed Shaheed House

Volleyball

Seniors Syed Ahmed Shaheed HouseJuniors Shah Ismail Shaheed House

Athletics

Seniors Syed Ahmed Shaheed HouseJuniors Sultan Tipu Shaheed House

Best Athlete

Manzar Younis

Best Sportsman

Abubakar Sanaullah Bajwa

Dr Waqarullah Memorial Trophy

Shared by

Syed Ahmed Shaheed House & Sultan Tipu Shaheed House

Chief of the Army Staff Champion’s Trophy


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Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony 2011

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ANNUAL ROUND-UP 2011

Army Burn Hall College for Boys, has always proved a unique and distinct position amongst the elite institutions of Pakistan. All it owes to it’s doctrine and reassurance of the ideology to uphold the exalted educational status. Our students have been carrying remarkable traditions of producing refulgent results and hoisting the flag in high altitudes.

Students of Army Burn Hall College for Boys have carved out unforgettable history for themselves, exerting hard to maintain lofty standards set by their predecessors; rather augmenting them with excellence in future. Last year, too, the Hallians, who were well aware of their responsibilities that they have to put their shoulder behind the most difficult and defiant task of building the nation into what their parents and the College wished, so they have added yet another feather of glory to its splendiferous past. New targets were achieved and march towards new billets was never ceased. The young Hallians brought laurels and prowess not only for themselves but also for their College as well. All these enthusiastic tasks could not be possible without the ample support of the College Administration, which took keen interest in these activities. Some of the glimpses of achievements are mentioned.

Outgoing 2nd Year Class with the Principal and the Faculty

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In academics the young Hallians proved their mettle with a bang. The 9th class won the praise and laurels by clinching maximum number of A1s and As in Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education’s Annual Examination – SSC – 1. A total of ------------- students appeared out of which 139 students clinched A1 and A grades. Hammad Bashir snatched the 1st position by scoring 501 marks respectively, while Muhammad Hamid Arif was 2nd by getting 493 marks and Saad Zaman Khan was 3rd with 492 marks.

Their forerunners also did not lag behind in the Board’s SSC – II (Matric) class examinations. In this examination, 113 students appeared, 29 students were placed in A1 grade, while 45 students secured A grade and 34 grabbed B grade. This is a remarkable achievement as compared to the results of previous years. The shinning stars were Omer Ishtaiq and Haider Ali, who scored ---- marks and was 1st in the class. Muhammed Ahsan Hashmi and Rana Muhammed Noman were 2nd and 3rd with ---- and ---- marks respectively.

The flight of Hallians in the field of academics did not stop here. They have also shown marked improvement in the Federal Board’s HSSC – Part-I and HSSC – Part-II Annual Examinations as well.

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In HSSC – Part-I (FSc 1st Year) Annual Examination a total of 136 students appeared in Pre Medical, Pre Engineering and Computer Science Groups. ---- students secured A1 and A grades. Sikander Khan Tanoli of Pre Medical stood 1st by getting ---- marks. In Pre Engineering, Khawar Latif Khan stood 1st with 496 marks. In Computer Science, Sarmad Nazir Abbasi secured 1st position with 423 marks.

In HSSC – Part-II (FSc 2nd Year) Annual Examination, ---- students appeared in Pre Medical, Pre Engineering and Computer Science Groups. ---- students were placed in A1 and A grades, while ---- students grabbed B grade and the GPA was -----, which is the Ever Best. Salman Ahmad Sheikh of Pre Engineering Section was 1st with 962 marks, Essa Khan stood 1st in Pre Medical Section with 1007 marks which was the heighest marks ever taken by the student in the history of Burn Hall and Mohsin Ali secured 1st position in Computer Science Section.

In Cambridge Examinations, our students not only achieved personal records but also broke many College records as well. ---- students appeared in the O Levels Examinations and obtained ---- A* and A grades. The Hallian, who made his Alma proud, was Basil Ahmed who scored 4A* and 3As. Asad Ellahi and Ahsan Arshad Abbasi were 2nd and 3rd respectively.

The Academics Trophy was awarded to Shah Ismail Shaheed House

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Besides achieving curricular feats, Hallians did not ignore co-curricular activities. Literary activities are the regular feature of students’ training. It aims at developing the art of public speaking through debate, declamation contests and other similarly activities. These contests also develop and broaden the intellectual horizon of the students. Our firey orators Abubakkar Raheel and Hassan Jameel of 1st Year Class participated in the All Pakistan Bilingual Declamation Contest organized by Pakistan Scouts Cadet College, Batrasi, and secured 2nd position as a team. Abubakkar Raheel clinched 2nd position in English and lifted the crystal shield. Hassan Jameel stood 4th in Urdu. Another team comprising Hamza Zaheer and Gohar Masood Qureshi was charged to participate in All Pakistan Bilingual Declamation Contest at Quaid-i-Azam Public School Gujranwala, contested with university level students and grabbed Runner up trophy.

Sports is an integral part of Army Burn Hall College for Boys. The cream of young Hallians achieved the feats of excellence in this field as well. The College teams played a Sports Fixture with Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, Murree. Our Hockey team won the match, while the Basketball team lost the match and the fixture was ended in a draw. Nevertheless, the College Basketball Team won the National Championship held at Quaid-i-Azam Public School Gujranwala and brought laurel with a beautiful trophy to the College.

Independence - a real blessing

Life atthe

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GOLD MEDALISTS

Essa KhanHSSC - 2011 Pre Medical

Chief of the Army Staff ’s Gold Medal

Salman Ahmad SheikhHSSC - 2011 Pre Engineering


Mohsin AliHSSC - 2011 Computer Science


Omer IshtiaqSSC - 2011

Chairman Board of Governors Gold Medal

Basil AhmadO Levels - 2011

Chairman Board of Governors Gold Medal

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PREFECTORIAL BOARD

SYED AHMAD SHAHEED HOUSE

Bilal Ali SultanHouse Prefect

Abubakar Sanaullah BajwaCollege Prefect

Hammad AkramAssistant House Prefect (Boarder)

Waleed UsmaniAssistant College Prefect

Muhammad Fuzail HashmiAssistant House Prefect (Day Scholar)

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SHAH ISMAIL SHAHEED HOUSE

SULTAN TIPU SHAHEED HOUSE

Faraz Ahmad ButtHouse Prefect

Hamza IqbalHouse Prefect

Hassan MasoodAssistant House Prefect (Boarder)

Ateeb Saeed ButtAssistant House Prefect (Boarder)

Daniyal TariqAssistant House Prefect (Day Scholar)

Uzair QadeerAssistant House Prefect (Day Scholar)

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SHAH ISMAIL SHAHEED HOUSE

Soban ZulfiqarCollege Sports Secretary

Tahir SafdarSports Secretary (SAS)

Shahzebul Hassan ChattaMess Secretary (SAS)

Syed Muneeb GillaniSports Secretary (SIS)

Akbar AjmalMess Secretary (SIS)

Sohail RazaSports Secretary (STS)

Naeem IrshadMess Secretary (STS)

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Salman Shahid HashmiPresident

Khawar Latif KhanPresident

Malik Muhammad AlamVice President

Asad Ashfaq NaqviVice President

Mehmood SultanSecretary

Jamal Yaqoob JaffriSecretary

Hamid Mahabat KhanJoint Secretary

Shan Ali AwanJoint Secretary

Appointment Holders

ENGLISH LITERARY SOCIETY

BAZM-E-ADAB

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Nadeem Yousafzai Munim-ur-Rehman Muhammad Ali Sufian Zafar Hammad Akram

Muneeb Gilani Abubakar Bajwa Abdul Moeed Adil Aslam Shahbaz Khan

Omair Alam Basit Ali Omer Pasha Daniyal Tariq Khurram Ayub

Abdul Qadeer Ehtisham Wasiq Ali Shah Asad Ali Asad Miqdad

Mian Mudassir Atif Ayub Umer Jadoon Hamza Mehmood Rizwanullah

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Saad Kiyani Bahroz Durrani Jasir Javaid Zalan Mehmood Muhammad Hamza

Hamza Rehman Tahir Safdar Abbas Masood Muhammad Ehtisham

Shujat Ali Yousaf Bin Farrukh Muhammad Naeem Bilal Ali Sultan Uzair Qadeer

Hussnain Ali Akbar Ajmal Sardar Jamal Khawar Latif Sohail Raza

Ateeb Saeed Waleed Usmani Fuzail Hashmi Kamil Shahzad

Haider Waqar Mufti

Torab Haider

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Umer Sohail Zain-ul-Abideen Anab Gul Shahzeb Khan Fahad Durrani

Kaleemullah Sardar Usman Daniyal Nawaz Jasir Naseer Ibrar Ahmad

Haseeb Hamdan Daniyal Joel Johnson Shahbaz Khan Zaigham

Abdul Moheed Raees Gul Fariaz Bahram Khan Abdullah Azhar

Abdullah Ali Umer Khan Bilal AhmadAbdullah Jadoon Rohail Khalid

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Shahzada Alamzaib Wasif Imranullah Waleed Murtaza Shahryar

Usama Tahir Umar Ijaz Farrukh Iqbal Shayan Ahmad Jazib Ali

Ahmad Rehan Aamir Sohail Asad Ashfaq Naqvi Faraz Ahmad Butt Shahzaib-ul-Hassan

Hamza Iqbal Sikandar Tanoli Muhammad Saad Sikandar Ali Shah M Muhammad Alam

Moiz Fawad Waleed Nasir Sarmand Noman Akbar Khan Nasir Mehmood

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Afaq Khan Hamza Noman

Usman Khan Ibrahim Syed Falak Sher Adnan Mirza Bilal Saleem

Bilawal Bashir Taimor Khan Khawaja Fawad Inam Khan

M Hassan Khan Abubakar Asad Abbas Umer Latif Muhammad Ahmad

Jawad Younis Haider Ali Abdullah Aftab Muhammad Ali Ali Zaib

Faizan Maqbool Waleed Shah Shahryar

Muhammad Ahmad

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Ayaz Iqbal Hassan Khan Zahir Shah Abdul Samad Azizullah

Muhammad Sultan Mutahir Ahmad Khan Hammad Nayyar Qamar Ali Shah Waleed Raza

Hussam Asif Sarmad Nazeer Ayaz Waheed Faisal Shahzad Furqan Lodhi

Zaigham Khurshid Saad Bib Saeed Hassan Masood Usman Munir Shahroz Khan

Noman Ahmad Muhammad Azeem Saad Shakil Ashir Gilani Soban Zulfiqar

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Sarmad Farooq Zeeshan Amjad Noman Ch Noman Jamal Ahmad Khan

Taimoor Khan Naeem Irshad Junaid Irtiza Latifullah Ammar Aslam

Fahad Ajab Talha Ashraf Atta Ullah Qasim Mehmood

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Annual Parents Day 2011

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15th All Pakistan Bilingual Declamation Contest – 2011

The importance of public speaking is beyond debate. Like every year, 13th All Pakistan Bilingual Declamation Contest was held on October 11-12, 2011 in the beautiful auditorium. Every member of the college faculty poured his share in this marvellous event. A number of renowned institutions tested their powers for the trophy. Some notable institutions were Pakistan Military Academy Kakul, Pakistan Naval Academy Karachi, Cadet College Hassan Abdal, PAF College Lower Topa, Fauji Foundation College for Girls Rawalpindi, Military College Jhelum and Army Burn Hall College for Girls. A dinner was hosted in the honour of the participants a night before the programme. The Incharge English Literary Society Mr Aamir Khurshid briefed the teams about the up-coming event. This auspicious event was divided into two sessions. In each session, twenty one teams contested for the first prize. All the participants displayed wonderful skills of oratory. This time, the trophy was awarded to the team of Fauji Foundation College for Girls Rawalpindi. The Chief Guest Major General Mazhar Jamil, HI(M), Commandant, Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul gave away the prizes to the winning contestants. He showed his great satisfaction at the performance of the speakers and added that our youth were ready to lead the nation to the horizons of progress and prosperity.

The participants with the Chief Guest Major General Mazhar Jamil, HI (M)

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Introduction with the College Appointment

An Eloquent Speaker of Military College of Signals, Rawalpindi

Avn Cadet Asad of PAF Academy Risalpur presenting his arguments

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CJUO Hamza Ishtiaq is receiving his 1st prize in Urdu

Officer Cadet Sadiq Sikandar receives his prize

The team of Fauji Foundation College for Girls is receiving the

All Pakistan Burn Hall Bilingual Declamation Trophy

The World asI See It

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A well-known saying is “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail”. Planning and time management is a key to success. It helps you to complete your course in time and save time for revision. If you don’t plan and study haphazardly, there are more chances that you may not be able to complete your course before exam.

How a student can plan properly? It is easy, First of all, see that how many subjects are included in your course. How many chapters, lessons and exercises are there In each subject? How much time is available for completing your course? For instance, you are a student of semester system, you have six months for preparation exam. Make a plan for your study, how to complete the entire course In the available time. Divide the total time (months, days or hours) on the contents of each subject. Do exclude a month (better the last month of session) for final revision for exam. Write down this plan on a sheet. Such plan is called schedule or syllabus. Make a time table having time for each subject on daily basis. Paste your plan and time table on wall in front of your study chair or study place. Start to follow It.

Frankly speaking, you can study a book having 15 chapters in a single week if you have the strong determination. I mean to say, always be particular about your precious resource, the time, and have strong determination, if you want to be a successful student.

Regular classes and studies - perseverance

Regularity and perseverance are basic elements of effective study and signs of successful student. Study should always be kept maintained. Study for a day and giving up it for some days and then starting again, is not a good way. You must study regularly (without pauses of days) in order to succeed. Regular study helps you in two ways. First it relieves you from wastage of time and second, the most important one, you have food for thought in your mind from previous lesson or topic which helps you in learning the next lesson or topic easily. All the lessons are inter-related. You should study regularly so that you have your previous learning fresh in your mind which helps in learning next lesson with perfection and in less time comparatively. Similar Is the case of attendIng classes.

Making Good Notes

Making useful and helpful notes is important part of your preparation for Examination. It helps in fast learning and fast revision. It saves your time when you read it In future. Notes can be made from many sources but the main two sources are as follows:

• Teacher’slacture

• Booksandguides

How to prepare for Examination Planning and Time management

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Bealertwhilesittinginclassroom.Ustentothelecture with full heed. Extract from the lecture, the Important and helpful information, and main ideas which teacher want to convey to you. Write it down on a paper.

Similarly be focused on ideas of your lesson while you study. Read each sentence with full heed and extract from them, the important and helpful information, and main ideas. Wrtte it on a paper. Finally shape your notes in a good way so that It can be effectively used in future for re-learning and revision.

Review - Revision

Revision is an indispensable part of preparation for exam. Revision helps learning to mature. You complete your course and you learn well but It is not the end of It. You should revise it again and again. ft is a fact, If you study a chapter well and don’t revise it, the learning you have In your mind from first study will vanish with the passage of time. If you don’t revise for a month, It is more likely you may forget it after a month or two. It needs to revise it again and again for keeping it in mind for a long time.

Revision does not take much time because you have already learnt It but you revise to refresh your learning. Another advantage, each time you revise you learn more and you get new Ideas. You should have month (usually last month) in your schedule for final revision for exam, if you want to score really. Final revision is very much important.

Study all — Avoid selective study

Selective study is a risk-taking activity for a student. Sometimes, student thinks that some

topics are more important than the others. Ha usually consider those questions important which were frequently repeated in the previous exams. He prepares those topics only which he thinks are important and skip the others. As a consequence, he gets low grades in exam because he is also asked those question which he skipped thinking them not Important.

Remember, exam Is given in entire course not in selected areas of your course. Every lesson and every topic is equally important. You should be fully prepared. It is the will of test-maker that he can seiect any part of the course for giving question in exam.

Past paper — Specimen or sample papers

Do study sample papers or past papers. It gives you Idea about the format of question paper. You come to know which types of questions are given in paper, i.e. essay questions, short questions or MCQs. It is very important you know the format of paper because It rectifies the direction of your study for exam.

Take Some Pre-tests

Pre-tests are these tests which are taken before the main exam on monthly basis or weekly basis. Pre-tests play vital role in your step by step preparation for exam. It tells you how much are you prepared for main exam. ft shows which areas in book need more study. You come to know about your weaknesses . You learn how to attempt question in paper. How to answer In a good way to get high marks. It also eliminates your stress for your main exams because you get acquainted with solving question papers.

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If your institution gives you monthly or weekly tests, it is good, if not, then you have to manage it on your own. Make tests for yourself or tell someone to make tests for you. You can also get past-papers (previous papers) for this purpose. Solve them and mark them properly and see how much distance have you covered on the road of preparation for Exam.

Always be in state of examination in normal days

The days of examination are wonderful. We have gap of one or two days for each paper during exam. We revise and prepare the whole subject in only one or two days for coming paper. Normally it seems very difficult. It is very easy because in exam we are In a state of worry that we may get less marks In the paper and that’s why we study more in little time. Frankly speaking, that study is very productive a well.

Own this state of exam in normal days if you want to enhance your study outcome in

little time. Study as you have to take test in it tomorrow.TrytodomoreInlittletime.Trytospeed up your study.

Preparation in days of examination

The session for preparation ends. Finally, the days approach, for which you started preparation from the day one of session, “the days of exam. ft is natural student gets a little bit tensed in the days of examination though he is fully prepared. A little bit stress is good because itplayspositiverole.Butnever letyourstressovercome you which makes hindrance in your preparation either. Have confidence in yourself and revise your subject for coming paper

When you have paper tomorrow never remain vigilant the whole night. Have proper sleep (at least 4 hours). You need fresh mind to attempt your paper.

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Most Dangerous Bridges

Which is the most dangerous bridge in the world? The one at the highest crossing in the world, or one with weak structure! Well, maybe bothofthese.Bridgesareusedforcrossingovera hurdle such as gorge or river. Here are some of the most dangerous and precarious bridges in the world.

1. Inca Rope Bridge

The bridge is situated in the southern province of Kanas, and made of special herbs through manual labor. The structure made of ropes spans 366 meters and is renovated every year by the local inhabitants. They are a simple suspen-sion type bridge used for crossing deep rivers, gorges to facilitate travel within the Inca Em-pire and were an integral part of its road net-work. Supported by plaited branches and cables made of grass these bridges could sustain pres-sures of speeding horses and carts.

2. Hussaini — Borit Lake, Pakistan

The Hussaini-Borit Lake Bridge in NorthernPakistan is a major tourist spot for sheer thrills. BuiltonHussainiBoritLake,noauthenticre-cord is available of its creator. This picturesque piece of engineering is considered among the most dangerous bridges in the world because of the difficulty it poses while crossing. This is because of the instability in balance and

wide spacing of the wooden planks to step on. The bridge swings viciously due to winds and travelers risk the chance of being thrown off in the water to possible death. It is located close to the village Passu surrounded by small hamlets.

3. Glen Nevis Wire Rope Bridge

Itisafine-lookingbridgeandpopularinLoch-aber, Scotland, having Fort William located at its base. It is surrounded by the Mamore range in the south, while Ben Lewsi which is thehighestmountains located in theBritishIsles,cover the north., It has one of the three highest waterfalls in Scotland named Steall Falls, where the Alit Coire a’Mhail meets Nevis in the glen. Glen Nevis is a picturesque and well-liked glen inLochaber,Highland,Scotland

4. Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bride

The famous Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge spans a chasm 80 feet deep. Earlier its structure had only one cable hand bar and broadly placed planks which enabled the people to go across. The single hand bar was later substituted with two hand bar bridge. The existing one was set up as an additional security measure Though there is no major accident on record, on many occasions visitors had to be evacuated as they were unable to walk back over the bridge. Con-structed to serve the requirement of local fisher folk, the uniqueness of its construction made it a tourist destination.

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Education is as old as human race. Its importance has been realized since times immemorial and it continues right up to this day. It has been accepted as one of the primary need so every civilized person. Plato say, “Man cannot propose a higher object for his study than education and all that pertain to education”. Aristotle writes, “Educated men are such superior to uneducated as the living are to dead”. In modern times, also, education is a irresistible force which has taken entire world in its fold. In every country, huge sums of money are spent every year upon the education of the rising generation with a view to equip children fully for taking their rightful place in the civilized world of today.

Education is also given a great importance in our religion Islam. Our Holy Prophet (S.A.W) at many places asked the Muslims to get them selves educated. The first revelation received to Holy Prophet (S.A.W) in the cave of Hira was also about education.

Education has been explained on rational and scientific basis by number of scientists, philosophers and educators. They present the following arguments in favour of education as an essential factor of human development.

Biological Necessity: Education is a biological necessity for man. In case of animals, there is no special need for training. Animals, when born, learnallthatisnecessaryfortheirfuturelife.Butthis is r1ot the case with human child . A human

child would die at birth if not properly looked after. It is utterly helpless at birth, and learns to gather and to protect himself from harm only with others help. Without proper instruction and training, he will remain motionless, speech less and will not make any struggle for existence. Modern researches in experimental physiology testify that a human child if neglected, does not develop the faculties required to be developed. For the simplest needs of human life and for protecting it from harm, human child requires assistance. The younger, the child, the greater is the need for education, for he is unacquainted with the world around him as well as his own powers, and it is through education that he becomes acquainted with his powers and the environment.

Social Necessity: Animals have to learn just a few task from their parents and they become self-sufficient. But this is not the case withhuman child. Beside instinctive behavior,human child has M assimilate a vast treasure of cultural heritage. This cultural heritage is not transmitted to the child biologically, but is to be imparted to him deliberately for a long time. The things learnt by one generation do not automatically pass on to another generation. So it is necessary that each generation educates the next. Non-transmission of the acquired traits by the humanity makes education a social necessity for preservation, protection and promotion of culture.

“Importance of Education”M Talal Tauoir

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As i see the pace with which science is progressing, i question my self is that time close when our creation will outsmart us and we’ll become nothing but our own creations past?

I still remember all those amusing science fiction movies regarding machines i used to watch when i was a kid and now when i recollect all those stuff i feel astonished and amazed that they weren’t totally made up fantasy rather had much truth behind them

Man the greatest creation of lord the one unlike any other ,the greatest of all life with the free will and highest intellect slave only to it own self, but still in a way has become inslaved to it’s own creation called machine’s Depended upon them one way or another for every little thing ,even to wake us up in the morning , to get to any place or for any other possible job. once taken away from them we feel helpless, baffled in our stupid thoughts acting more pathetic than even a child ,the world has become such that mostly what we do is decided by some technology of ours one way or another ironic isn’t it creator being lead by its creation to do every possible action ,well this is just the one way of putting it as the robotics and computers technology are progressing they are getting much more complex in there processing and actions and a time might come when they would start thinking on there own and from there the real

problem would start “the question of superiorly “that who is the better and who must rule, the weak emotional mortals or the strong error less things which are resistant even to fate of time ! though this may seem skeptical but believe me its inevitable unless the world comes to end before all this.

Just for a moment compare a man with some really high tech computer or robot and tell your self that you don’t see any similarities between them and us ,there is no doubt that they can never imagine something on there own but once implanted with humans knowledge and actions they can induce an artificial intelligence and thinking ability and so a free will quite easily absurd it may seem but this is something we can not deny, people might ridicule such notions but they can not change the fact. I do not say science would surpass nature, for that is not possible but a machine might give us a hard time in future that is what i say.

ludicrous it is but what truly make us human is the illogicalness of our actions even though when we know something might detriment us and is harmful, still we’ll want to do that and we’ll do it one way or another and this is what truly differentiates us from machine for no matter how advance machine might be, it would never do such act.

Future of Man with MachineMoiz Fawad 2nd year B

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He hurried through life and hurried out of it. Ashir was gone within a span of two hours, in his bathroom-the death over-powering life. He was always in a hurry on everything and everywhere, true to his tradition even in his death. It was literally a hurried affair, a riddle and a mystery. His mother was with us that afternoon and within couple of hours of leaving here, she yelled, cried and sobbed to my mother on telephone, “Ashir is dead and gone. Hurry up”. We were all stunned. It was a multi-faceted tragedy, nay a catastrophe-a bolt from the blue.

Ashir was born on 23 March 1994, the first and the only son of his parents, brother of the only sister. His and my mother friends rather chum since before he and I came to this world. He preceded me by a year. He was the victim of a tragedy while he was still five, his father having departed for the next world under tragically un-fortunate circumstances -a tragedy by all definitions.

The mother brought up the two orphans with a lot of keenness, earnestness, high hopes and dreams. No effort was spared to make the duo tide over the feeling that half their parentage was gone. Their worldly needs, desires, longings, wishes and demands were translated into reality by the caring, conscious, wronged and hurt mom without bothering for the financial considerations and constraints.

We were as good friends and pal as were our mothers who shared all that which pertained

to both of us, whether by way of academics, studies, sports, recreation, dress, lookout and get-up.Tobothofusourtwomotherswerejustone in every respect. He was never made to feel that he was an orphan.

Ashir was a Hallian from his academic day-one till the day of his departure. He was keen, conscious, considerate and lively individual who was mindful of his minuses and pluses. Fond of music and spank and swanky automobiles, his mother bought him two. His demands and desires never went unheeded.

Ashir was a good student, an amiable friend and an entertaining company. He was a youth of taste- owning polished, sophisticated and delicate choices and habits. Days before his departure he showed interest in accompanying me to the Squash court-yet another pursuit. Ala& Death did not spare him the urge. He did not have a father to mourn his death but bereaved and wailing mother with evergreen wounds, now multiplied. He will be remembered by all- the relatives, friends and acquaintances and everyone who ever came across him. His alma mater is sad, bereaved and mournful.

Moments of memories are short _only a life time _never enough.

May he pursue his pursuits in Heavens.

A Luckess HallianM. Talal Tauqir

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English is a foreign language in Pakistan spoken by relatively few people. It has, however, achieved national status. This phenomenon, it may be remarked, is found not only in Pakistan, but in former British colonies in Asia andAfrica. What is the reason for this trend? The answer is the vitality of English itself as well as certain socio-cultural factors in the developing countries. In this essay we shall briefly study some of the major reasons why English is vital to Pakistan.

English was implanted in Asia by the Britishduringtheircolonialrule.Learningitbecameimperative for those natives who aspired for highereducationorstatus.WhentheBritishersleft, the political, scientific, economic and cultural reasons caused English to retain its importance in spite of the challenge from Urdu-thenationallanguage.Englishremainedthe language of higher learning and its study was fostered more and more. The following are some of the reasons why English is so vital to Pakistan:-

a. Communication: English as a Lingua-franca serves as a means whereby Pakistan can communicate internationally. Urdu,spoken only in India and Pakistan, can not serve this purpose. International communication is vital to Pakistan for reason of trade, politics, and a host of

other reasons. Even missionaries of Islam, wishing to preach it to the west, must know English.

b. Knowledge: Most of the scientific literature of the world is published in English. Every day new discoveries are made in science and technology. These are published in book form, in periodicals, journals and magazines. To understand thesepublications the Pakistani scientists and scholars must know English. In addition, English language is the vehicle of some of the richest literary master pieces in the world. They include drama, poetry, fiction etc.

c. Higher Education and Research Abroad: Pakistan is a developing country and its youth very often need educational and technical training from developed countries. Here also English becomes indispensable because most universities in the west cater for the educational need of their clientele in English only.

d. Cultural value: An appreciation of English as a Western language brings with it an appreciation of the cultural and social influence of the West. There is a positive and a negative side of this phenomenon. The positive side lies in assimilating the

The Place and Importance of English n PakistanM. Talal Tauqir1st year C

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secrets which have led the west to rise and Leadtheworldinscienceandtechnology.The negative side lies in adopting Western values and life styles. The former is to be encouraged while the latter is to be condemned.

Bearingtheabovefactorsinmind,theinclusionof English as a compulsory subject carries great merit.Todisregard itsutilitarianvaluewould

be a folly. If Pakistan, as a developing country, is to keep abreast with the world she must nurture the growth of English. Failing this, she would be left behind and subsequently become week and fall prey to hostile nations. The aim behind fostering English, it must be pointed out, is not to raise it to the status of a national language. The cultivation of English in Pakistani schools would be solely to prepare the youth to face challenges of developing the nation.

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Tuesday,6thJune,1944.Anoperation,plannedbyateamunderLieutenant-GeneralFrederickMorgan, executed by land, sea and air elements, with the instruction from their supreme command that we will accept nothing less than complete victory.

Yes, Mr. President!I am talking about the largest amphibious invasion in world history which took place along 50-mile stretch of Normandy coast.

Yes, Mr. President Yes!I am talking about thedeadly “NORMANL’YLANDINGS’Iamtalkingabout“THE0-DAYOPERA TIONS’ I am talking about the daywhen the sons of Adam fought the most furious battle, I am talking about the day fathers saw their children die, I am talking about the day when the world witnessed the greatest massacre of humanity,

The shooting of rifles and the barking of machine guns

Screaming and yelling all around youFear rising in you like a balloon with every

stepNot knowing if the next step will be your last.

Mr. President!Suppose you are an American former and today is 8th December 1941 you are working

at your farm and unfortunately your farm lies in HAWAII. Plouging your land you hear a strange loud sound and when you turn your face towards the South, you see 353 Japanese fighter planes rushing towards you. And with in minutes women widowed, children orphaned and innocents left homeless.

And the next day the newspapers are published with the headlines saying “JAPANESE FIGHTERSA7TACTPEARLHARBOUR:188U.S AIRCRAFTS DES IROYED; 2,402 MENKILLEDAND1282WOUNDED”

When I was a child I heard a news that there WLS a war occurred in some place of worldjust to get peace there. Since then till now I have been hearing this kind of news. And when 1 went for search then I found no peace there, except destruction. War only takes life, it can’t givesomeone,lifeorpeace.Andtheysay;

There comes an army; here comes another.They meet in the middle and declare PEACE.

Even after 10 years of afghan war I still see a child crying besides the dead body of his mother, I can see on old man wandering in the bazaar of Kabul in search of his young son. I can see the fear of death rising with the every tick of the clock. I can se an orphaned child searching for food in garbage boxes .I can see every child

“WAR SETTLES NOTHING”Syed Abdul Basit Shah11 C

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who stares at the so called keepers of peace with the flames of anger. I can see a child playing with a bomb shell instead of a toy. I still see a teenagerwithanAK-47inhishandinsteadofa book. This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense.Underthecloudofthreateningwar,itishumanity hanging from a cross of iron.

Why destroy when we could create,Keep the peace, erase the hate

Mr. President!I want to ask my worthy opponents that are there no other way the world may live? Is war the only solution? Is the massacre of humanity the only way out?

No, Mr. President No!It is not called the peace, if it is called the peace there would have been peace after “THE PERSIAN INVASION OF GREECE’there would have been peace after “GENGHIS KHAN’SINVASIONOFCHAINA’therewouldhavebeenpeaceafter“O1TOMANINVASIONOF EUROPE’ there would have been peaceafter‘NAZIINVATIONOFSOVIETUNION’there would have been peace after “THENUCLEAR STRIKES INHIROSHIMAANDNA GA SHKI’ there would have been peace after “FRENCH INVASION OF RUSSIA”. Ifthis is peace Mr. President then we do not need tofight “THEWARONTERROR”.But thereisn’t any peace because war only takes life, I cant settle anything.

And here let me emphasize the fact—and it cannot be repeated too often—that the working class who fight all the battles, the working class who freely shed their blood, have never yet had a voice in either declaring war or making peace.

It is the ruling class that invariably does both. They alone declare war and they alone make peace.

Yours not to reason why;Yours but to do and die.

Mr. President, every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who starve and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world is not spending money alone in arms. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, and the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is: a modern brick school in ,noe than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. And hence I have given enough evidences that I can confidently say

“WAR SE1TLES NOTHING”There’s something we should do

Existence of Multiple Universes and Islam

The human mind has an incredible capacity for conjuring up images of possible and impossible things galore.

Probably the best example for creative speculation is that of the idea of what the scientists call a “multiverse” consisting of several universes.

In1954,ayoungPrincetonUniversitydoctoralcandidate named Hugh Everett Ill came up with a radical idea: That there exist parallel universes, exactly like our universe. These universes are all related to ours; indeed, they branch off

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from ours, and our universe is branched off of others. Within these parallel universes, our wars have had different outcomes than the ones we know. Species that are extinct in our universe have evolved and adapted in others. In other universes, we humans may have become extinct. (Josh Clark, Do Parallel UniversesReally Exist?)

TherewasaBBCdocumentaryshownin2002about the strange phenomenon of parallel universes, in which it was claimed that we live in just one of the multiple universes that exist parallel to one another.

“These other universes”, it was alleged, “may even contain you, in a slightly different form.” We are told that there are scientists who believe that “these parallel universes exist less than one millimeter away from us.” (BBC Programme,ParallelUniverses)

For years, science fiction writers loved to speculate on “other universes” which might exist. They say that in a parallel universe, the ‘might-have-beens’ in our life could have ‘a local habitation and a name’.

For instance, consider a person who wanted to be an Olympic gold medal winner in this world, but failed to realize his dream. In one of the parallel universes, he (or his double) realizes this dream.

Ofcourse,thissoundslikepurefiction.Butatthe same time, there are scientists now who hold the view that there are several universes, and quite possibly an infinite number of them, each existing with a different law of physics, in the “multiverse”. They say that our universe could

be just one bubble floating in an ocean of other bubbles.(BBCProgram,ParallelUniverses)

These scientists appear to be pressing the mathematical laws of physics too far. But itmust be understood that the mathematical laws of quantum physic5 describe only possibilities of reality, and not reality itself.

Jt is possible that parallel universes exist in a higher dimension of space, an extension of our space, that is, some sort of “super-space”. In altered states of awareness we may be able to get indications of the closeness of parallel worlds to our own world, according to Fred Alan Wolf. (FredAlanWolf,ParallelUniverses)

AMuslimViewConsidering the Islamic view of the matter, we read in the very first Chapter of the noble Quran ofAllahAlmighty as “the Lord of theworlds” (Al-Fatihah 1:2).

Indeed we see the same expression in several other places too, such as:

(OMoses Verily I amAllah, the Lord of theWorlds) (Al-Qasas 28:30)and,*{..BlessedbeAllah,theCherisherandSustaineroftheworlds.)*(Al-Araf7:54)

In all these verses, the expression, ‘worlds’ gives the idea of a plurality of worlds.

According to the Companion Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, Allah has created forty thousand worlds, and the earth and all the creatures on it are only one of those worlds. (Tafsirlbri Kathheer, quoted by Dr. Hosny Hemdan HamamainAreThereOtherUniverses?)

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Prof. Faheem Ashraf writes:“Now as anthropic principle and quantum gravity suggest that there could have been many more quantum universes in addition to our universe, these universes may have their own values of physical constants and nature of the physical laws.To this factwe refer to theverse which says what means:

*{Allah is He who created seven Firmaments (heavens) and of the earth a similar number. Through the midst of them (Allah) descends His Command: that ye may know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah comprehends all things in (His) Knowledge.) (At-Talaq65:12)

It should be noted that if the word samawat (heavens) is taken equivalent to universe then thereareatleast7otheruniverses(oneabovethe other like Onion) each with its own sets of physical laws. It is apparent from this verse that God created other world systems and God’s commands descend (Keep in mind the useofpresent tense) in those systems.Useofpresent tense means that these systems exist today contrary to what Quantum Gravity theories suggest.” (Islamic Concept of Creation of Universe, Big Bang and Science-ReligionInteraction)

The foregoing indicates the possibility of several worlds existing in the universe. Scientists speak of the existence of billions of galactic systems,

each of which carries within it, billions of stars and planets.

If only one star in every 100,000 of the 100,000 million stars that exist in the Milky Way alone has one planet which bears Earth-like life, that still means there may be a million such planets that could communicate with Earth.

By means of strict scientific standards, rioconclusive evidence has appeared so far for the presence of parallel universes as different from the galactic systems.Buboth science and theQuran provide ample indications that point to the possibility of the existence of multiple universes.

It is noteworthy that the Qurari clearly and emphatically supports all kinds of sincere scientific investigations into the mysteries of the universe. Islam encourages humankind to study the universe, because such a study by perceptive minds may lead to some insight into the wonders of Allah’s creative power.

There is no way we can equip ourselves to delve into all the secrets of the universe, nor can we know them except for what Allah allows us to know.

The concept of parallel universes certainly throws some light on the existence of beings like jinn and angels, and of the unseen world in general.

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Unity,faithanddisciplinearethethreegoldenprinciples given by our great Quaid Muhammad All Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. In his own life he followed three principles and achieved Pakistan. Addressing the students of Islamia College, Peshawar on 12th April 1948, and the Quaid— e-Azam said, “The success of our achievements will depend upon our unity, Faith and Discipline”, in this simple sentence, Quaid-e-Azam has given us the line which makes Pakistan a success.

UNITY:

The first principle given by the Quaid-e-Azam is unity, means cooperation with one another. We know that unity gives nation strength to face its internal enemies. Pakistan appeared on themapoftheworldon14thAugust1947.Thiswonder and miracle was achieved through the unity of the Muslims.

Your targets may be good or bad, but success is assured if you have a united consolidated group to work up to the goal.. Let us consider andunderstand that, unity is the password which heals all bruises big and small? It is this that helps us enjoy few happy moments of life As MattieStepaneksaid“Unityisstrength.Whenthere is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” Sometimes we are not strong enough to fight our deadly enemies but

if we will he united, our combined effort will knock them down.There is a saying, ‘Unitedwe stand, Dividend we tall” .The unity is in diversity. Diversity exists because we use our mindtoLinkbutwhenwewillstopthinking,we will understand that we are united in this whole universe.

FAITH:

The second principle of progress is faith. Faith means conviction in some belief in the mob of people on Islam. Faith in God and Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H)isthebasisofMuslimcommunity.Italso means confidence in ourselves.

Faith is knowledge within the hearts, beyond the reach of proof. As it is said “Faith is the bird that sings, when the dawn is still dark”. Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see! We must have infinite faith in each other, it we have not, we must never leak out that we have not. We should be faithful in small things because it is in them that our strength lies. Doubt sees the obstacles. Faith sees the way. Doubt sees the darkest night. Faith sees the day. Doubt dreads to take a step.

Faith soars on high. Doubt questions,’ Who believes’ Faith answers I”. Faith is as taking the first step even when you don’t see the wholestaircase.Faithhasfoursteps;patience,

Unity, Faith and Dicipline Szrdar Jamal Waheed(2nd Year C)

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certanty, justice and struggle. It is daring the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see

DISCIPLINE:

The third principle is discipline. “Discipline” comesfromtheLatinword”disciplina”whichmeans instruction. It means to follow certain principles or rules of behavior. Discipline alsomeansmental ormoral training. By thisprinciple Quaid-e-Azam means training to obedience and order. Through this principle Quaid-e-Azam turned the scattered Muslims of India into a disciplined organization.

The secret of success is discipline which is built by consistently performing small acts of courage

one step at a time. Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments. “He who lives without discipline dies without honor”. Either we have to suffer the pain of discipline or we have to suffer the pain of regret. Discipline is extremely important in student life. They form the core of other virtues like punctuality, cleanliness and honesty. A disciplined student is a ruler of his own. As he can rule his own wishes and habits. The decay of discipline in our society is reflected in violence, had traffic sense in people and bad behaviour. Sir Smith has rightly said “Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.” So we must. Observe disciple to make this school and world a better place to live.

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YoucanreadtogainKnowledge.Butyouhaveto seek to gain wisdom”

Knowledge is hut the messenger that calls you to wisdom. butt it is not wisdom. One can gain knowledge. hut one does not seek wisdom - one meets it hen one often least expects it and recognizes it as kindred, Knowledge puts us in thewayofwisdom,hutwisdomisexperiential;it is a truth one recognizes in the external world that already resides in the internal one. One cannot *Learn*wisdom— onemust awakenit. Knowledge gives you the tool but never mistake the tools for the treasure. I find that most religions preach the tools and talk wisdom to death trying to reduce it for swift and easy consumption. Shun this habit. Kahlil Gibran said that height and depth are nearer to each other than the mid ground. Do not be misled - there are no Fast-food outlets for wisdom. Simplicity is best understood as we find the endless connections in complexity. Simplicity cannot be found in one prophet, one hook. one religion or one school of study. It is found in all of life by learning from everything - people. books, experiences, pain and pleasure. this age and ages past.

To seek wisdom outside oneself is to isolateoneself from the divine within and isolate oneself from all those people who have experienced the divine within themselves. It

is a very different thing to say you believe the divine in all things and actually experience this to be true. It is a very different thing to say you accept the divine in on hue you continue to treat our self as subservient to divinity.

Western religions impose divinity upon their followers with promises of pleasure and pain. They also demand humility from our subservient, sinful selves. Pride is a sin and we must minimize ourselves in the name of gratitude. We are impure and imperfect and dare not lace the gods. We kneel, we prostrate ourselves, and we proclaim our unworthiness.

Pagan wisdom would have us stand tall before the gods in recognition that we are vessels of their blessings. We are vessels of ’ their gifts and the gift of ’ life they bestow on us. Pagan wisdom would have us fully experience the greatness that lies within us and asks us to awaken that greatness as a tribute to the gods. Then we may stand proud of our *efforts* to unearth our greater selves, even as we are acutely aware that we do not author the treasure. We acknowledge the material that we mine is their *gift* to us. Even our ability to do this is their gift to us. Thus we comprehend the full capacity of humanity with gratitude. Where each person struggles to accomplish this does not know just ho to unearth our greater selves. I will tell you. it can never he done by petitioning the gods In

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do the work lot’ you. It is the single reason we were placed on earth, to achieve this ourselves.

Knowledge is intellectual — wisdom is divine. The more you seek knowledge (all knowledge) the more wisdom you will experience. Knowledge and wisdom use two completely different organs to communicate to you. One is known. the other Felt. The divine speaks to us through the spirit, riot the mind. Knowledge is only the doorway to wisdom. unless you arc aprophetoramadman.Butdonotenvytheirseeming ease of ’ access, they do not live long nor do they live well.

When wisdom is revealed to you - it does not explain itself ’ - it reveals itself full blown, like manna from heaven on a silver platter. It awakens within as an all encompassing hood of warm illumination or like a bolt of lightning that shocks or stuns you. This is why the sages call it enlightenment. Wisdom does not need digesting. Deliberating, debating or dissecting by doubt or reason. It breathes within you as calm surety and perfect peace. It is then that you recognize intellectually that this knowledge has always been with you, just waiting for you find it. From head to toe. you have everything you need to become extraordinary.

There is wisdom in Nature and knowledge in Scholarship. Nature teaches us what works and what doesn’t work. Knowledge teaches us how to use our senses, how to observe nature, how to evaluate it, how to record lit lessons, and how others before us did the same. We first learn wisdom in life by experience. (usually painful experience) and then as gro. c recogni7ewisdom in life by example. Through knowledge and wisdom eliminate fear. Which produces understanding. We begin to understand ho e arc and we are here. We recognize with generosity. Others stumbling while seeking their way. And develop a keen awareness and love for themiracle that is all Life - and thatincludes oneself.

‘There is no spell to achieve this. Wisdom is a lifelong experience. You must seek knowledge to awaken wisdom. The more we know, the more we realize how much we don’t know. The wiser we grow. The more wisdom we sense is yet to be discovered. With each step, we grow larger in each other’s sight, we grow larger in the sight of the gods, and it follows, the gods grow larger within us. Experiencing this knowledge, we find true humility and peace from the inside out.

Butdothespellanyway,toopenthatfirstdoor.

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The valley of pines and maples Abbottabad is an important garrison town of Pakistan Military. It is located almost 130 kilometer to North West of nation’s capital Islamabad. Abbottabad is surrounded by the majestic mountain range of Himalayas, which is regarded as the largest mountain chain of our planet Earth. It has great strategic importance, as it is a gateway to the very important Northern Areas of Pakistan and the valleys of Kashmir, Kaghan, Naran, Gilgit, Sakardu and finally to our time tested friend, which is emerging super power China.

The great Himalayan range naturally divides district Abbottabad into different topographic regions. The center of Abbottabad, which serves its administrative nerve center is a broad valley, which is called Oraush or Rush. This physiographic region of Abbottabad contains Abbottabad city, Cantonment, Kihal, Saihad, Supply, Mandian, Mirpur, Kakul, Nawan Shehr and adjoining areas.To the SouthEastof Abbottabad lies another mjor topographic region called Sherwan, whose terrain is mountainous and semi-mountainous. This regionisrainfed.TothenortheastofAbbottabadcityliesauniquetopographicregion;Gallayesor commonly called Gilliyat. This region is entirely mountainous; however this regioncontains ever green natural soft wood forests of Abbottabad district. Luckily, this regionalso has very famous hill resorts of Abbottabad

namely Nathia Galli and Thandiyani, which are thronged by thousands of tourists every year. Havelian is another topographic region of Abbottabad. It is also rain fed. This region includes Rajoya and Chambay etc.

As far as the modern history of Abbottabad is concerned, it was Jadoon tribe, which conquered this region after a massive invasion in 1720.Jadoonsevictedthelocalpeople likeTanolies,Turks, Gujars, Karlal and Tunds eventuallypashing them to the remote and hilly areas of the district. During the Sikh period a decisive battle was fought between Sikhs and Jadoons at Mangal in 1836, in which Sikhs defeated Jadoons due to their cutting-edge fire power.Aftec this battle most of the Satar Jadoons were evicted from Mangal and were settled in Rajoya plain. In1849,whentheBritishEastIndiaCompanyArmy conquered Punjab, it also conquered present day Abbottabad as well. In 1850 — 53,Abbottabadwas annexedwith the BritishEmpire along with entire Punjab and present day Khyber Pakhtoon Khawa. Soon after the British conquest of Abbottabad, a sprawlingga’rrison was built for the British troops inthe main valley of Abbottabad. Although the British provisionally selected Sherwan andNawan Shehr as their administrative centers, yet they were not satisfied from these two areas, consequently they turned towards Abbottabad.TheBritishersacquiredhugelands

Abbottabad - The Second Home of Jadoons Shahzad Khan JadoonSalar Mali Khail

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of the Jadoons particularly of Hassazai tribe of Damtore and Sheikhulbandi. They set-up military stations line Frontier Force Regiment, Gorkha Regiment, Indian Mihtary Hospital (present Army CMH) Army Reserve Supply and many other important installations.

Abbottabad has many important races line Tanoliies, Gujars, Awan, Karlal, Abbasies,Syeds, Rajput, Kashmiris Tareens, Mishwanisand Yousaf Zais, however the most dominant race of this great district is Jadoons. The Jadoons migrated almost 300 years (from Gandaf and Malakabad) district Stmfi. They conquered many aeas of the district and settled here.

Jadoons are divided into 3 sub-tribes namely Salar, Mansoor and Hassa zais. Salar Jadoods are mostly settled in Havelian, Sultanpur, Rajoya, Langra, Tehri Kihal and adjoiningareas. (The writer himself is a Salar of Mali Khail sub-tribe originally from Rajoya). The important sub-tribes of Salar are Mali Khail, Muhammad Khail, Shabi Khail, Mustafa Zais, Sulman Zais. Essa Khail, Au Shair Khail, Ismail Khail and Adram Zais etc.

Mansoor Jadoons are settled in Nawan Shehr, Mirpur, Kakul,Rawalakot and Ghumanwan etc. Some important clans of Mansoor Jadoons are Dula Zais, Muhammad Zais, lmran Zais, Musa Zais, Khalil Zais and Shohaib Zais.

Hassa Zai Jadoons are settled in Dhamtore, Sarbana, Sheikhulbandi, Saihad,

Banda Jats and Banda Pir Khan. Someprominent Hassa Zai Jadoon clans are, Ilyas

Khail,HassanKhail,BarshaKhail,PinoKhail,TajKhani,KhawajaAhmedKhail,Gurram

Zai abd Sheikh Mali Khail.

The Jadoons of Abbottabad are still very conservative in this modern age of fast changing world. They have been keeping their long cherished rich Pathan culture intact.

They contribute in the spread and promotion of Islam. They also contribute in the nation

building process as being highly educated citizens of Pakistan.

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Humans are developing fast, as fast as no one could even imagine 10 years back. People enjoy talking about new gadgets, their uses and their importance, not knowing these gadgets would be nothing infront of future technologies.

In future, may be a 14 year old kid would ask his parents, “Mom, Dad can I go to other galaxy with my friends”, and Dad would say unnoticing, “OK”.

“yeah, but don’t go too far” shall say mom like it’s nothing.

These developments might sound crazy but that’s the way changes occur.

In future, we all will be having our personal flying cars and submarines every thing would be available in front of us at one click. All types of food and eatable items could be accessed in a second.

Nature, however shall lose it’s significance. Due to excessive pollution, man would have

destroyed trees, plants and all natural beauties. Artificial oxygen suppliers shall be placed in every street. Homes and buildings shall be made in air as ground at it’s soil shall not remain suitable for humans.

Although scientists would have proceeded in their fields and would have explored 4 mankind more than any other generation. system would not then be a limit but just

beginning in their ultra-light space ships.

Man shall become disease free and would replace his body organs with robotic ones, do avoid any harm to his natural body.

With all these developments, man shall remain a human being and even after so much

technology, will find his limitations. BecauseAllah is the creator, the Magnificent and thy not to undo what he has created.

“Human Race: - Future Developments” Muhammad Ahsan HashmiXl-C

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In most of the developing countries young people are growing up without opportunities, information and services they need to reach their full potential. There is mounting evidence to prove that lack of investment and an indifference to the needs of youth incur a high cost in terms of lost development opportunities, ill health and social, physical, mental disruption. And it means failure to fully support our present “asset” as well as next generation of parents and leaders. There is no doubt that the youth have been at the centre of socio-economic and socio-political changes taking place in Pakistan and elsewhere. The period of the life under which the youth fall, is the most productive and energetic. If their energies are not channelled they fail to captivate opportunities that come their way.

Of the 15 largest countries in the world in terms of population size Pakistan has by far the youngest people. Should such a young population be regarded as a burden or an asset? I believe that our demographic situation provides our young with an extraordinary opportunity to compete in whatever sphere they chose. We have an opportunity to turn our very large and very young people into a productive asset. That could contribute significantly to the economic growth and poverty alleviation. Both the government and society must jointheir hands or this nation-building task and

concentrate on protecting the emotional and physical health of the youth, their skill-based education, provision of recreational facilities, employment, and above all incorporation of self-confidence, motivation and courage to move forward.

The challenges, constraints and opportunities the young people face vary from region to region and culture to culture — from forced early marriages to increased poverty resulting from adjustment policies, from armed conflicts to a lack of opportunities. For many, bread andbutter is a problem, for others it isHIV/AIDS, lack of education or poverty are major constraints inlife.Butnobodydeniesthattheyouth, wherever they are, need to be redirected for a larger well-being and prosperity of societies, countries and nations.

The youth of Pakistan, despite a multitude of problems like unemployment, poverty, remorselessness, social taboos, drugs, guns and politics, have always been in the forefront of movements and political changes, for instance from Pakistan Movement to Independence of Pakistan and Indo-Pak wars, to Fall of Dhaka and Pakistan emerging as “something” on the map of the world to Pakistan becoming the first Islamic nuclear power. They have never let the nation down at any point of time. It is unfortunate that the youth, despite their

Challenges Today Youth is FacingMuhammad Ali

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contributions to national developments, find themselves trapped in a culture marked by guns, violence and drugs. All this has resulted in an unstable economy, a shattered confidence of foreign investors, lawlessness, and a break-up of the social fabric.

Pakistan at the moment houses the largest number of youth in its history. This is the best time for Pakistan to invest in youth and reactivate and relocate their disfranchised energies if there is any need for economic growth and social development in Pakistan. If we glance through the history of the world, it stands clear that the countries with the fastest economic growth over the past 50 years are those which heavily invested in their youth.

The most impounding problem our youth is facing at present is frustration. This monster is eating up our youth slowly and gradually. The youth in Pakistan don’t have jobs. means of healthy entertainment, health resources and awareness. They say the youth is like running water. It makes it own ways. The frustration as a result of multitude of problems is increasing day by day. This is the right time to look into the problems of youth and give them viable solutions otherwise it will be too late in the day. We need to bear in mind that the “destiny of nations is in the hands of youth.”

As for education of our youth, there is a feeling that it should be more productive and progressive in terms of its application and usage. There is no formal guidance for students in logical selection of a specific course of study. There is no unified, single education system in the country. We have three to four education systems running at parallel levels. Education

does not mean enrolment at universities and colleges. Rather it means evaluating the skills and knowledge of those individuals who acquired it, and the adequacy of this education in fulfilling their needs. Education means exploring alternate routes, both formal and informal, to knowledge and skill building. In Pakistan particularly it means putting the right persons to the right tracks. Most of our employed youth are misfits in their present positions and employment. They have been yoked to these unwanted engagements either by society, parents or their circumstances. Somebody who wanted to become a lawyer and was sent to a medical college against his wish, cannot give the best output as a doctor at all. We need proper education counselling system in the country if we require a maximum output from our youth.

Unemployment is another problem beingfaced by our youths. We don’t have latest official figures but almost 12 percent of our youth is unemployed. Unemployment is amulti-dimensional and complex issue which starts a vicious cycle of associated problems like involvement of youth in politics, bank-household burglaries, social insecurity, lawlessness, use of drugs, etc. Though every government has done something for the youth with regards to eradication of unemployment but the problem is sustainability of these programmes. One government launches a couple of youth promotion and youth investment schemes, the next one slates all the previous programmes and starts anew. The ultimate sufferers in this exercise are the youth.

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of Pakistan. Most of the youth find our TVprogrammes non-entertaining and unattractive. Every body is interested in watching other South Asian and western channels. As a consequence we came to know what is call “cultural invasion”. The term is very old but we experienced its magic in Pakistan only from 1990s onward. As to radio and newspaper, both of these media don’t target youth as one of their potential audiences. With the start of public-private partnership, the government should pay extra attention to using them in education, welfare and development of the youth.

Our youth has lost its identity and importance. We need to enable our youth to rediscover their identity which they were made to loose over the

last 50 years. There must be remedial measures at government, social and individual levels to restore the confidence of the youth in their potential qualities.

The most important step to be taken by the Government of Pakistan, in this regard, is revision and revival of a national youth policy which must be to aspire to create situations whereby youth stand educated, employed and free from drug abuse, frustration, parochialism, sectarianism and other numerous evils which have jolted the foundations of our society like involvement of youth in politics, terrorism and lawlessness. We have to prepare our youth to face the challenges of the time with unshakable courage and youthful confidence.

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“Self-respect is fruit of Discipline.”

So said Abraham linchon .So said the man who led the country of United States of Americathrough a great constitutional, moral and military crisis. He preserved the union while ending the slavery and promoting financial and economical modernization. And he achieved all this through self-respect!. Similarly the life history of every eminent man shows that self-respect is as important as the powerful intellect for the achievement of success in our life’s.

The examples are scaitered throughout the history.Let’sgobackto480BC.talkaboutaman,a self-less warrior, a strategist king and a fearless commander.Talkaboutamanwhofoughtforthe respect of his people. Talk about a manwho valued his self-respect. Yes! I am talking about leonidas, the king of Sparta and known descendantofHercules.Whofoughtwith7000Persians for 6 days with his 300 warriors. In the end leonidas fell, but he fell with the self-respect that made Sparta a powerful political entityof10thcenturyBC.

The importance of self-respect lies in the fact that it concerns to ourselves, the way we are andoursenseofpersonalvalues.Todevelopeself-respect means to cultivate self-confidence to deal with whatever life throws at us. Nothing in the way we think, feel, decide and act escapes

the influence of selfrespect. Self-respect is an important element of psychology. It’s a person’s individual attitude towards himself. Without self respect, we will be insecure and strive to be something that we are not. The root of self-respect goes deeply within our religion too. I can see a caravan of 313 peoplc, walking on the barren land of Arab with their feet sunken in dust. Knowing that they have to face an army that is three times stronger than their army. Knowing that they would leave their wives windows & their children orphans. Knowing that they would leave their sisters to cry on their pictures.Buttheyarestillwalkingbecausetheyhave a hope in their heart and tear in their eyes. They are still walking because they know the way to succeed is develop heart strength and that Mr.President is what we call Self- respect.

Butonthecontrarywheredowestandtoday.Looknofurther,forourowncountry“Pakistan”is surrounded with numerous problems today. Even after 64 long years of independence, we are still running towards IMF for AID. The problem is that we don’t respect our philosophers, our heroes & our patriots. A man who spilled a few beans but made Pakistan seventh nuclear powering the world and first in the Islamic world. What about Dr.Abdul Qader Khan? Did he get the respect he deserved? No! We don’t honor what we say. We have learned nothing! Absolutely nothing from our past.

“Self-Respect Is the Essence of Success” Malik Muhammad Alam 2nd Year B

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Remember self-respect comes from inner self and it is not some egoistic feeling of superiority. TodayalthoughIslamicstatesareblessedwithnumerous natural resources and minerals but unfortunately none has emerged as the leading super power of the world! Its because we are lost in the worldly attractions and have lost the basic concept of self-respect.

Success comes when we value our self-respect to life. Self-respect not everyone posses but something one should have for the achievement

of success in their life’s. A man without self-respect is like a ship without rudder, drifting aimlessly and always in the danger of ending-up by the rocks.

To conclude I would like to quote a ratherfamous saying of Edward Koch. He said, “You punch me, I punch back. I don’t believe it’s good for one’s self-respect to be a punching bag.”

THANKYOU!

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One of the major causes of catastrophe in Africa is the diamonds. These diamonds have created havoc amongAfricanTribes.The local tribesfight against each other for these diamonds which are then exported illegally to other countries and in return they get some money and numerous weapons.

In historical precedence, the post 2nd World War era was known s “Era of Child Soldiers”. All those children who participated in World War II were considered as a sign of patriotism. One of the most recent example of it was “The RevolutionaryUnitedFront(RUF)”wasarebelarmy which formed insecurities and fought 11 yearswar in SierraLeone starting in 1911and ending in 2003. RIJF had numerous child soldiers which were appointed at different posts. Laterchanged intopoliticalpartybut in2007its high ranked officials were convicted due to crime against humanity. When RUF used toattack on any village, they were found of taking small children with them and were trained and made perfect combatants at the age difference of 9 to 14 years. They were told that they will be killed if they tried to escape or run away.

Chidden were often considered as good for warfare as they are less demanding soldiers than adult soldiers. They are cheaper, eat less food and are easy tomanipulate. Beside this,new child soldiers are given drugs and made addict to it so that they lose their sensation and memory. According to a fact in Lord’sResistanceArmy(LRA),childrenmakeupto90%ofLRAsoldiers.Sincerebellionbegin1980s,some 30,000 children have been abducted to work as child soldiers porters or to serve as wives and bear their children. Their numbers have soared with 10,000 children abducted in past 18 months.

There are some steps taken for reconciliation of Africans that include formation of peace keepingtroopsinAfricabyUNandthemissionwas called peace keeping mission. There were also some discussions and some conventions like Geneva Convention which was held in 1949.Butstill,theseeffortsarenotenoughfortheir welfare, education, reconciliation and to inhibit the increasing rate of child soldiers in Africa day by day.

Childhood Denied (Child Soldiers in Africa) Abdullah Jadoon 2nd Year B

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HazratUmarBinKhatab(mayAllahbepleasedwith Him) is one of the most respectable personality inMuslimUmmah.Hewas born40 years before the great Hijrah and belonged to the tribe of ‘Adi’ a branch of Quraish. In 8th generation, His lineage joins with our beloved Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon Him). He was one among the few people in Makkah who knew how to read and write. He was a famous wrestler of Makkah during his youth and no body in Makkah could dare to fight with him.

HazratUmar’s embracing Islam is one of themost important and popular event of Jslamic history. One day, Hazrat Umar came out ofhis home with a naked sword to kill Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon Him). Enroute, he met Hazrat Saa’d bin Abi Waqqas who told him, “You better take care of your family first. Your sister and brother-in-law both have embraced islam”. HazratUmarwent tohis sister’shousewherethey were being taught Holy Qur’an by Hazrat Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with Him). His sister Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) wasfrightenedonhearingHazratUmar’svoiceand tried to hide the portion of the Holy Qur’an shewasreciting.HazratUmarfirstfelluponhisbrother-in-law and beat him severely. When his sister intervened, he beat her so violently on her face that it bled profusely. She still recited

loudly, “I stand witness that there is no god worth worship except Allah and stand witness that Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon Him) is His messenger”. When Hazrat Umarsawhissisterbleeding,hecooleddownand felt ashamed. Deeply moved, He asked her to show him what she was reading. She asked him to take a bath and clean himself before touching the Holy Scriptures”. Hazrat UmartookabathandrecitedSurahTa’I-Iaandexclaimed, “This is a fantastic and lovely book. Please guide me to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon Him).” He went there and eagerly embraced Islam. The Muslims present there shouted with joy, “Allah-o-Akbar! (Allah is the Greatest)” and the sound echoed through the airs of Makkah.

Hazrat Umar’s conversion to Islam was aterrible blow to the morale of disbelievers. Beforethis,Muslimslivedinconstantfearofthedisbelievers, and most of them were concealing their faith. Hazrat Umar declared his faithopenly; however, no body had the courageto harm Him. When granted permission by Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon Him), Hazrat Umar led a party of Muslimsto the Kabah. Hazrat Hamza (may Allah be pleased with Him), who had accepted Islam a few days earlier, took another party to Kabah. Both parties gathered in Kabah and offeredSalat in congregation (first ever) led by Hazrat

Hazrat Umar Farooq (RA), The Second Caliph of Islam

Faseeh Zamir BhattiClass 11th C

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Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon Him). For this courageous and bold action, Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be uponHim) gaveHazrat Umar the title of“al-Farooq” i.e. the one who makes distinction between right and wrong. When the Muslims were told to migrate to Madinah, most of them leftMakkahquietlyandinsecret.HazratUmarput on his armour, went to Kabah, offered Salat and announced: “I am migrating to Madinah. If anyone wants to check me, let him come out. I am sure that his mother would cry for his life”. No one dared to challenge him.

Hazrat Umar had great love for Allah andProphet. He participated in all the battles along with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah beuponHim).IntheexpeditionofTabuk,Hegave half of his wealth in the path of Allah and wasnextonly2toHazratAbuBakrSicidique(may Allah be pleased with Him) in the sacrifice of his belongings. During his Khilafat, Hazrat Umar followed the ways of Prophet (peaceand blessings of Allah be upon Him) and the policyofHazratAbuBakrSiddiquewithzealand vigour. The period of his Khilafat was the golden age of Islam in every respect. He was a man of extraordinary genius who followed the footsteps of Prophet (peace and blessings of AllahbeuponHim)tothefullestextent.Underhis rule, Islam became an international power and the mighty empires of Persia and Rome crumbled before the An-ny of Islam. Within tenyearsofhisgloriousruLe,thewholeofthePersian Empire, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and part ofTurkeyCaineunderthebannerofIslam.Hewas not only a conqueror but also an exemplary administrator.

Hazrat Umar was the pioneer of moderncivilization and had formed a state based upon

the Islamic democratic system, the system which was incorporated in the West as late as 19th and 20th centuries. He was the greatest democratic administrator whose example is unparalleled not only in the history of Islam but also in the history of modern civilization. Hazrat Umar had clearly stated on variousoccasions that he should be obeyed as long as he was obeying Allah and Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon Him). Muslims and non-Muslims were treated alike. Although the Arab peninsula was declared to be purely an Islamic State, his attitude towards non-Muslims was very tolerant. He allowed the Jews and the Christians, living in the Peninsula, to stay there if they so wished and nobody would interfere intheirreligiousaffairs.Tothosewhodesiredto migrate, he ensured a safe journey up to the borders.

In23HijriHazratUmarreturnedtoMadinahfrom Hajj and prayed, 0 God I am advanced in years, my bones are weary, my powers are declining, and the people for whom I am responsible have spread far and wide. Summon me back to Thyself ‘. On 26th Zil Haj, when HazratUmarwenttothemosqueto leadFajrprayer,aslavenamedAbuLuluattackedwitha dagger and stabbed him several times. The injuries were so serious that the great Khalifa died after few days. Hazrat Umar requestedHazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) for permission for his burial beside the Hazrat Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon Him). Though Hazrat Aisha had reserved thatplaceforherself,shegaveittoHazratUmarand that is where he was buried.

Hazrat Umar was extremely pious and God-fearing. His success lay in two things: fear of

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Allah and love for Hazrat Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon Him). He used to patrol in the city at night to fmd out the needs, requirements and conditions of the people. He was one of the most just rulers in Islamic History. All citizens including the

Khalifa himself were equal before law. He was the founder of the modern democratic system and a perfect example of an ideal character. He selflessly devoted his energies for cause of Islam. Muslim world will always be indebted to him for great achievements.

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IsScienceBlessingorCurse:

The modern age is the age of science. The influence of science can been seen in every walk of life. Science has provided us with many wonders. The world today has completely changed .

The contribution science is seen in our happiness and comfort of human beings greatly. It has mad our domestic life very easy. Now the house wife does not have to work very hard. With the help of latest cooking devices meals can be cooked quickly. Food can be preserved for long time. Thus a house wife can enjoy more leisure and can save a lot of her time.

Science have also made travel very comfortable. There are so many modes of travel available to us. We can travel by railway trains, motor cars and buses. Aero plane have the brought the different countries quite close to each other.

Within a few hours we can travel thousands of miles to the different corner fo the world.

Science has also helped in method of communication. We can talk our friends and relatives the thousands of miles away from us with the help of modern scientific devices like telephone, mobiles and wireless. We can convey our message through cell phones.

Science has produced many deadlines weapons and made wars very horrible. If a third world war takes place in the near future. It might destroy all life on the earth as it will be a nuclear war.

In reality there is nothing wrong with science. It is up to the man to decide whether he wants to use it for peaceful purpose. Science is turned both intoblessingandcurse.Butmanshouldalways use science for promotion of peace and happiness of mankind.

Is Science Blessing or Curse Muhammad Usman Islam 10th D

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Man, by nature is good.Being evil canneverbe regarded as an inborn quality. Both thesestatements are debate prone. Some people support the above statements by putting forward a very simple argument stating that God is good and since God himself is good, then He would not create anything evil. This bring us to the conclusion that we, the human beings, being creation of God………… in fact the oroum creation are face form evil at the time of our creation.

A reasonable man would definitely think if God created nothing but good then how come these is evil in this world? One might think that “Iblees” “Satan”or “the devil” being the very own creation of God has nothing but evil in his nature. This very thought crossed my min too but then I realized that Iblees was created good and stayed good until he, one day, turned against his own creator choosing to vecome unholy satan.

I am not a religious scholar of some kind but I an of the opinion that evil is nothing but merely the absece of good. Iblees become evil because he turned away for his acts of obedience and submission to God’s will.

Rewind to the beginning….. Man, by nature, is good I believe so. Man commits sinful acts in quite the same way Iblees did. Once he has

committed a sinful act, he enters the stages of backsliding.

The seven stages of spiritual backsliding Ares tuning away:- upon sinning as leaving virtuous deeds, God turns away from the seeker. If the seeker does not immediately repents them:

• Aveil isputbetweenhimandGod ifhedoes not repent them:

• The evil multiplies if he still remainsneglectful them his

• Excessmeritofvirtueswillbewastedifhestill persists in his foolishness, them:

• Heforfeitsthebasisconsequently.Hewillbe deprived of the comport that he found in obedience. If he stills remains forgetful then:

• Hardeningoftheheartwouldcomeaboutand the love of God will leave his heart. If he remains obdurate in his failure to repent. The hardening of the heart turns to enmity. God forbid that we ever enter this dreadful state either in reality or in thoughts.

The ine which is often mentioned in the first six stages gripped my attention and that is repentance. It is said in Holy Quran: “ And repent, surely, he is acceptor of repentance”. Satan, as we know chose to defant and waged a was against God by openly challenging God Almighty that he would lead all human beings

Concept of Good and EvilDanyal saleem Khan

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astray (not to mention that he has by for succeeded in doing so till date).

Tosumup, Iwould state that eachandeverytime virtue departs, an evil is born into this

world to take its place similarly each and every time an act of virtue is done, an evil departs from this world. So let us commit goodness and spread it and eradicate evil from his world.

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Today the man has progressed wonderfullyduring the last one century. Things which looked impossible to our forefathers are very common affairs now a days. We are able to perform a jowney of thousands of miles in a few hours most comfortably. We are able to speak to a friend on the other corner of the globe thanks to the invention of television, we are able to see the speaker’s form and figure. Electricity is our ever-ready maid servant, or Allahdin’s Lampin our hands. We press a button and it does hundred and one things for us. Medical science has provided wonderful remedies for curing our diseases. Modern surgery has reduced pain and tochere of an operation. It has made it possible to operate upon the very complicated cases in a very easy and confident manner. The radio supplies us the latest news and the speeches of the learned scholars. The huge factories are turing out say that life is more comfortable for

usthanitusedtobe.Butno, there isanothersides of the picture as well.

Today,weseethatmanisnothappyinspiteofso much progress. We have so many factories but we have not been able to barish hunger and nakedness. On the contrary, the problem of food and clothing is becoming acute and acute day by day. Scientific advancement has provided immense comforts for the rich man, but nothing for the poor. The economic relations of different classes have created very complicated conditions. The horrible weapons are an impending danger of war.

Ours is a mechanical civilization. It is valued by the laws of machines, not by moral or spiritual laws. Man has been changed into tool, into a piece of machines. He has been devoid of finer feelings.

Life today is better than PastAnwar Ul Haq

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ArmyBurnHallCollegeisoneoftheprestigiousinstitution of the country. The students here are very lucky as they under go a rigorous training programme which enable them to become a useful and patriotic citizens of Pakistan. The Hallians are given ample opportunities to show their innate talent through various forums.

English literary society is also one of the for a through which the young arators polish their skills of oratory. Keeping in view the imporlance of its role in the college, last year the society had organized various events such as English Essay and Story writing competition, junior and senior debates and declamation contasts in which the students of all the Houses has enthwitaciallly participated.

LaeequrRehmanof2ndYearCwastheBestStory writer, where as Yousaf Bin Furrukhwas declared the Best Essayist of the college.FahdZamanof9thdinched theBestDebater(Junior) and Jaman Ahmed of 2nd year was declaredtheBestDebater(Senior)intheInterHouse Debates Competition. Meanwhile, speakerof8thwasnamedtheBestSpeakeroft********** andWaleedUsmaniwasdeclaredthe Best Speaker inDeclamation (Senior) forthe year 2011. Beside all these the society incollaboration with the college Bazm-e-Adabhad very successfully orgainized the 15th All Pakistan Burn Hall Bilingual Declamationcontest, in which 26 teams from all over the Pakistan participated and the contest was won by the Fauji Foundation Cirls College Rawalpindi.

English Literary Society ???

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In everyone’s life some incidents occur that cannot be judged on any logical or scientific level. They are simplifying miracles. Accidents encounters that blossom in to romance, incredible physical healing, and personal transformations that revdutionize life, and were prayers, angles encounters and pleasant coincidences, all are gifts from God. Life ismiracle itself so there is no wonder if it is full of miracles.

Every night we go to a strange valley of dreams and then wake up a new day. The chase of darkness and light, despair and hope, singing birds, glittering galaxies, running rivers and strange creatures are the miracles is human life itself.

Our experiences make us believe that there is a supreme power that designs our directions and decides out destiny.

Life is strange. Many-a-times God listenour silent prayers and fulfils them in away we hardly expect. Some bonds are so strong that even death cannot defeat them. God has control over life and death and he only can save us. He miraculously gives life to the stick when doctors lose all hopes. We do not have power to help anyone. It is God who blesses us with courage, wealth and wisdom when he wants to serve a purpose.

Some of us live like dead without any ambition and aspiration. While there are people who remain alive even after death because they strongly believe in life and charity.

Most of us are ignorant of ourselves. We are too busy reach our destination that we often overlook directions. Our life is full of miracles. When we are confused and seek help. God guide us through dreams and people around.

It often happens that you wake up one pleasant morning and have a feeling that something is wrong. Your car might get punctured on the way to office, the presentation for which you planned for a week might be postponed or you may have fight with your partner. One way or the other nature wants us. Call it sixth sense or miracle, that doesn’t lessen its value. While asked to share a miracle in their life, majority of people said they never experienced any. They might forget their healthy birth, transformation from a tiny toddler to strong person and their first love.

They might nor remember the channels God opened to them when they had lost all hope. How they learned to live and earned amidst extreme poverty and ignorance in the world. How God united them with their soul mates and how He bestowed then with his blessing whenever they earns. They asked for it. The creator shows his miracles at every step and invites us to open our inner eyes and enjoy it.

Miracle is our lifeKumail

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I have a beautiful school bag. Its color is black and blue. It is made of leather. It has a beautiful cartoonpictureofTomandJerryonit.Itspriceis R.s. 900. It has seven pockets and eights zips. I put my printed books and note books in the big pocket. I keep my pencil box and lunch box in the small pocket.

There is a secret pocket inside the big pocket, in which I keep my lunch money. There are two large strops with which I carry my bag shoulders. I try to keep my school bag neat and clean.

I like my school bag very much.

My School Bag M. Azam Khan IV Orange

My life in Burn Hall is so charming andmarrellous that I will never forget. Mony problems and difficulties which I have, were solved by my teachers and parents. Burnhallis my second home and if I say that, “I open my eyes I Burn Hall this will not false. Fiveyears backwhen I came in BurnHall in classPrep I did not know even a single thing about BurnHallandtjodayIknoweverythingaboutburnhall. In these five years I have a lot of experiences that if I write it, then there will be noend.BurnHallgavemeanidentity.Ittaught

me to practice patience, tolerance, honesty, dignity and other moral values. It teaches me how to spend life in different aspect of my life. I can’t forget these lovely and enjoyable moment ofBurnhall

My life in burnhall is an unforgettable part of mylife.Ihavealotoffriendsinburnhall.Burnhall makes me an educated and mannered boy. I pray to God to give me strength to enlighten thenameofBurnHall,Ipraytogodthatburnhall may progress by leaps and bound.

My Life in Burnhall Aqib Khan V Blue

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Friendship is when a friend likes you for who you are and will always be there for you.

I’ll you about what my friend and I do to stay friends.

We tell each other everything. We tell the truth and we always there for one another no matter if it’s bad or good.

There’s one thing that we don’t do when we get in fights and we want to be friends again, we don’t stop speaking.

When we see each other we just start talking to each other again.

I like that!

My friend and I just say “Sorry”.

My friend is also special because he’s like family

We go to lots of places, but if no one can take us then we have a problem.

Usuallymymomtakesusandpicksusup.

Our mothers are also very good friends. Our friendship will never end.

My Best FriendTayyab Asad

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1. Letusbegreatfulltopeoplewhomakeushappy they are charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

2. All our discontents about what we what appears to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

3. God has given you 86400 seconds a day. Have you used one to say thank you.

4. There is no more better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanks giving opens the

windows of opportunity to flow your own way.

5. If you have lived, take thankfully the past.

6. The unthankful heart deserves no mercies but let the thankful heart sweeps through the day and as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find in every hour some heavenly blessings.

7. Everything Allah has created is usefulso we should take benefits from Allah’s creation and be thankful to Allah.

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Once upon a time there was king who had cupboard that was made entirely of glass it was a very special cupboard. It looked empty, but you could always find whatever you wanted. There was only one thing you had to remember whatever you took something out of it you have to put something else back in all though nobody new why …..

One day some thieves broke into the place and stole the cupboard. Now we can have thing we want they said. One of the thieves said, I want a large bag of gold. He opened the glass cupboard and took the gold. The other two did the same, and they too got exactly what they wanted.

The thieves forgot one thing not one of them put anything back in the cupboard. They spent the whole night taking the more and more bag of gold out of the cupboard. They continued the next day faster and faster, till they grew faint.

Buttheydidnotstop.

They went on and on for weeks and months. At last the chief of the thieves could bear it no longer. He picked up a hammer and smashed the glass cupboard into a million pieces. All thee fell down and dead.

When the king returned the home, he ordered his servants to search for the cupboard they found the cupboard and the filled sixty greats carts with the gold and look it back to the king. He said, if those thieves had only put something back into the cupboard, they would still be alive this day.

He ordered his servants to collect all the pieces of glass melt them down and make them into a globe with all the countries of the world up on it to remind himself and others, that the earth is as fragile as the glass cupboard.

The Class Cupboard Syed haider Ibrahim

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Once upon a time there was king who had cupboard that was made entirely of glass it was a very special cupboard. It looked empty, but you could always find whatever you wanted. There was only one thing you had to remember whatever you took something out of it you have to put something else back in all though nobody new why …..

One day some thieves broke into the place and stole the cupboard. Now we can have thing we want they said. One of the thieves said, I want a large bag of gold. He opened the glass cupboard and took the gold. The other two did the same, and they too got exactly what they wanted.

The thieves forgot one thing not one of them put anything back in the cupboard. They spent the whole night taking the more and more bag of gold out of the cupboard. They continued the next day faster and faster, till they grew faint.

Buttheydidnotstop.

They went on and on for weeks and months. At last the chief of the thieves could bear it no longer. He picked up a hammer and smashed the glass cupboard into a million pieces. All thee fell down and dead.

When the king returned the home, he ordered his servants to search for the cupboard they found the cupboard and the filled sixty greats carts with the gold and look it back to the king. He said, if those thieves had only put something back into the cupboard, they would still be alive this day.

He ordered his servants to collect all the pieces of glass melt them down and make them into a globe with all the countries of the world up on it to remind himself and others, that the earth is as fragile as the glass cupboard.

The Beauty of Faith Jaial Ahmed Khan Jadoon

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AtomicBombingsofHiroshimaandNagasaki

During the final stages of World War II in 1945,theUnitedStatesconductedtwoatomicbombings against the two cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the first on August 6, 1945 and the second on August 9, 1945. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.

For six months before the atomic bombings, the UnitedStates intenselyfirebomb67 Japanesecities. Together with the United Kingdomand the Republic of China, theUnited Statescalled for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945. The Japanese government ignored this ultimatum. ByexecutiveorderofpresidentHarrySTruman,the U.S dropped the Nuclear weapon “littleboy” on the cities of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945 followed by the detonation of “Fat Man” over Nagasaki August 9, 1945.

Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90000-166000 people in Hiroshima and 60000-80000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day. The Hiroshima prefectural health department estimates that, of the people who died on the day of the explosion, 6- % died from flash or flame burns, 30% from falling debris and 10

% from other causes. During the following months, large numbers died from the effects of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, commandedbyillness.InaU.Sestimateofthetotal immediate and short term cause of death, 15-20 % died from radiation sickness, 20 -3- % from flash burns, and 50 – 60 % from other injuries, commanded by illness. In both cities, most of the dead were civillions.

Six days after the detonation over Nagasaki, on August 15, Japan announced its surrender to the Allied powers, singing in the instrument of surrender on September 2, officially ending the pacific War and therefore World War II, as Germany had already singed its instrument of surrenderonMay7,endingthewarinEurope.The bombings led, in part, to post-war Japan’s adopting the Non nuclear principles, for bidding the nation from Nuclear armament. The role of the bombing in Japan surrender and theU.Sethicaljustificationforthem,aswellastheir strategic importance, are still debated.

Massacre at Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Effects on people after atomic bomb still exists at these cities. Some newly born children have disabilities due to there radiations. Mankind should live with peace and love. All countries should make peace with others to avoid any massacre in future.

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki M. Talha Class 6th Green

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To seek knowledge is a sacred duty, it isobligatory for every Muslim, male and female. As Islam stepped in the world, it emphasized the need and importance of knowledge, the first word revealed was “Iqra” which means Read! Seek knowledge! Educate yourself ! And be educated. When we study the religion of the world we see the knowledge is just considered as a need like other human needs. On the other hand, Islam realized its importance and made it obligation for each men and women. Excessofeverythingisbad.Butinthecaseofknowledge excess is basic requirement because it has no limitations as our Holy Prophet( SAWW) says that seek knowledge from cradle

to grave. Knowledge is declared the root of human dignity and standard by Allah almighty. As he says “ are those equal, those who know and those who do not know?” knowledge is the most blessed gift of Allah almighty and he favours all this beloved people with knowledge. As he says “Allah grants wisdom is granted indeed he receives an overflowing benefits”. No man become truly Muslim not through birth but through knowledge. May Allah Almighty give us strength to behave and act just as He likes us to do and be pleased with us, and that should be the purpose of our lives. (O Lord,increase us in Knowledge). Ameen!

The Importance 0f Education in Islam

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ThisisawellknownEnglishproverb;anditisaarticle of faith with the muslims, because false hood has been condemned by God and our Holy Prophet (SAWW). We must therefore, be honesty brings us loss or suffering. It is right to be honest and wrong to be dishonest, because God does not like wrong doers it goes without sayingthathonestydoespayinthelongrun.Butitiswrongtobehonestwhenhonestypays;andto be dishonest, when dishonesty pays better. We must always be honest without caring a pin for consequences. If we have made a mistake there is obsuletely no harm in admitting that. Nor is there any harm in suffering for our folly.

Our confession will raise us in the eyes of all who have to deal with us.

It will be said that sucessis some times based on false hood. A student, by copping in an examination, may be declared successful. A dishonesty merchant amy make a grant fortune. Acorruptpublicservantmayrollinhealth.Butthere are instances to show that such people do come to a bad end. Sooner or later, they lose all that they gain through dishonest means. And death is better than disgrace that follows it. Honesty, on the other hand does pay in the long yen. It, therefore goes with out saying, that honesty is the best policy.

Honesty is The Best Policy Syed M. Haziq VI Blue

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Islam came to build an ideal society based on sincere love and brotherhood, so it had to plant the seeds of love in the hearts of the individuals of which society is composed. Therefore it made this love among the believers one of the conditions of faith that will grant admittance to Paradise. This may be seen in the hadith narrated by Abu Hurayrah (R.A) in which the Prophet (PBUH) said: “By theOne in Whose hand is my soul, you will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I not tell you of something that if you do it, you will love one another? Spread salaam amongst yourselves.”(Sahih Muslim)

Islam wants the ties of brotherhood and friendship to remain strong among the Muslims, so it encouraged them to spread salaam, to be cheerful of countenance, to speak gently and to greet one another warmly, so that hearts will remain pure and open, ready to work together in kindness to do good deeds, and capable of carrying out the duties of Islam no matter what effort and sacrifices may be required.

The Prophet (PBUH), with his brilliant anddeep insight, understood that nothing could eliminate hatred, jealousy and rivalry from people’s hearts but true brotherhood, based on sincere love, friendship and mutual advice, and free of feuds, hatred, insincerity and envy. The

way to achieve this is through spreading salaam, so that hearts may be opened to sincere love and friendship.SotheProphet(PBUH)frequentlyrepeated this teaching to his Sahabah, aiming to sow the seed of love in their hearts and nurture them until they bore fruits of that great love that Islam wants for the Muslims, men and women alike.

With this sincere love, the Prophet (PBUH)built the first generation of Muslims, who formed the solid foundation on which the great structure of Islam was built and lit the way for the rest of ummah to follow. With this sincere love, theProphet (PBUH)wasable tobuild a model human society, based on the brotherhood of faith, as the Holy Prophet said “Believers are like a structure, parts ofwhichsupportotherparts.”(BukhariandMuslim)

In another hadeeth theHoly Prophet(PBUH)said: “The believers, in their mutual friendship, mercy and affection, are like one body: if any part of it complains, the rest of the body will also stay awake in pain.” (Al-Adab-ul-Mufrad byImamBukhari)

This love for the sake of Allah is the highest bond that may exist among the believers. It is the bond of faith in Allah, which Allah established between all believers when He said: “The Believers are but a single brotherhood”(Quran 49:10)

Concept of Love in Islam

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Many ahadeeth describe the status of two people who love one another for the sake of Allah, they will get the high position in Paradise which Allah has prepared for them and the great honour which He will bestow upon them on the day of resurrection.

It is sufficient honour for those who love one another for the sake of Allah, to know that their almightyLordwilltakecareofthemontheDayof Judgment and will say: “Where are those wholovedoneanotherforMyglory?TodayIwill shade them in My shade on the Day when there is no shade but Mine.”( Sahih Muslim)

Such is the magnificent honor and tremendous reward that will be bestowed upon those who truly loved one another for the sake of Allah on that awesome Day.

Love for the sake of Allah, and not for thesake of anything else in life, is very difficult, and none can attain it except the one who is pure of heart, for whom this world and all its pleasures are as nothing in comparison with the pleasure of Allah. The Prophet (PBUH)said: “Allah said: `Those who love one another for My glory will have minbars of light, and the Prophets and martyrs will wish that they had thesame.”(Tirmizi)

Allah bestows upon those who love one another for His sake is a gift which is even greater than this status and blessing: that is His precious love which is very difficult to attain. This is proven by the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (R.A) in which theProphet(PBUH)said:“Amanwenttovisita brother of his in another village. Allah sent an angel to wait for him on the road. When the

man came along, the angel asked him, `Where are you headed?’ He said, `I am going to visit a brother of mine who lives in this village.’ The angel asked, `Have you done him any favor (for which you are now seeking repayment)?’ He said, `No, I just love him for the sake of Allah.’ The angel told him, `I am a messenger to you from Allah, sent to tell you that He loves you as you love your brother for His sake.’”(Sahih Muslim)

What a great love, that raises a person to a position where Allah loves him and is pleased with him! The Prophet (PBUH) understoodthe impact of this strong, pure love in building societies and nations, so he never let any occasion pass without advocating this love and commanding the Muslims to announce their love for one another, in order to open hearts and spread love and purity among the ranks of the ummah.

Anger may strike a man in moments of human weakness, and he may hurt his brother which could provoke harsh feelings and conflicts. In such cases, a Muslim should not forget that Islam does not ignore human nature and its vulnerability to changing emotions. For this reason, Islam has defined the length of time during which anger may subside. This time is considered to be three days. After this time has passed, it is forbidden for the two conflicting parties to refuse to seek reconciliation. The Prophet(PBUH)said:“Itisnotpermissiblefora Muslim to be estranged from his brother for more than three days, both of them turning away from one another when they meet. The better of them is the one who is first to greet the other.”(Al-Adab-ul-MufradbyImamBukhari)

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Therefore Islam wants the believers to eliminate hatred and envy from their lives, and not to give any room to those evil characteristics that contradict the brotherhood of faith. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said: “Do not break off tieswith one another, do not turn away from one another, do not hate one another, and do not envy one another. Be brothers, as Allah hascommandedyou.”(BukhariandMuslim)

In the following ahadeeth the Holy Prophet (PBUH) mentioned the most commonevils,which are not treated as evils in the society, which corrupt the mutual relations, brotherhood, integrity and unity of the Muslim ummah.TheHolyProphet(PBUH),said:

“Bewareofsuspicion,forspeakingonthebasisof suspicion is the worst kind of lie. Do not seek out one another’s faults, do not spy on one another, do not compete with one another, do not envy one another, do not hate one another, and do not turn away from one another. O servants of Allah, be brothers.” (Sahih Muslim)

InanotherhadeeththeHolyProphet(PBUH),said:

“Do not envy one another, do not outbid one another (in order to inflate prices), do not hate one another, do not turn away from one another, and do not enter into a transaction when others have already entered into it. O servants of Allah, be brothers. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He does not oppress him, humiliatehimorlookdownuponhim.Taqwais here” - and so saying, he pointed to his chest three times. “It is evil enough for a man to look down upon his Muslim brother. The whole of a Muslim’s being is sacred to another Muslim - his

blood, his wealth and his honor are inviolable.” (Sahih Muslim)

A true Muslim is tolerant towards his fellow beings, and does not bear grudges against them. If he becomes angry with one of his brother, he restrains anger and freely forgives the one who has committed an error, without seeing any shame in doing so.

The true Muslim is straightforward and consistent, never two-faced. He is always bright and cheerful, and treats all people in the same, noble manner. He never forgets that the one who is two-faced is a hypocrite: Islam and hypocrisy do not go together, and the one who is a hypocrite will be in the lowest level of Hell.

Among the good manners of the true Muslim are a sense of moderation, wisdom and tact. He does not exhaust his friends with irritating arguments, he does not annoy them with hurtful jokes, and he does not break a promise that he has made to them. In this, he follows theguidanceoftheProphet(PBUH):“Donotargue with your brother, do not joke excessively with him, do not make a promise to him then break it.” ( Adab al-Mahjar)

Excessive arguing is a repulsive habit that fills people’sheartswithhatredanddisgust;makinghurtful jokes destroys the purity of a friendship between twobrothers; andbreakingpromisesweakens the ties of brotherhood and friendship, and destroys mutual respect.

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kinship, stand in prayer at night when people are sleeping, and enter Paradise in peace.” (Al-Adab-ul-MufradbyImamBukhari)

TheProphet(PBUH)furtherencouragedthesegenerous people with the promise of special chambers in Paradise: “In Paradise there are rooms whose outside can be seen from the inside, and whose inside can be seen from the outside. Allah has prepared them for those who feed others generously, who are gentle in speech, who fast continuously, and who stand in prayer at night when people are sleeping.” (Al-Adab-ul-MufradbyImamBukhari)

Islam demands from every Muslim to equip himself with above mentioned noble attributes

so that he will become source of benefit for his fellow beings. He should be loyal, sincere and well wisher of others. He should love with others for the sake of Allah, he should desire, like and want for his brother what he likes, desires and wants for himself. He is keen to maintain the ties of love and brotherhood. He is tolerant and forgiving of their mistakes and faults, and he does not bear any hatred, envy or malice towards them. He always greets them with a cheerful, smiling face. He is kind and loyal towards them;hedoesnot gossip aboutthem;hedoesnothurttheirfeelingsbybeinghostileorarguingwiththem;heisgeneroustothem;hepraysforthemintheirabsence.

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Going alone all day

Another day without you

Feeling alone all the way

Another way without you

So many things to share

All unshared without you

You make me cry a lot

Many fears without you

Lifeseemstobehard

Can’t bear without you

You first brought smiles to me

No cheers without you

Struggled to live

Butcan’tbreathewithoutyou

This journey is too long

I fear it would not go on without you

My words seems to be complete

Butstillsoincompletewithoutyou

Without You M. Irfan Sheikh

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Helmet and rifle, pack and overcoat

Marched through a forest. Some where up a head

Gunsthudded.Likethecircleofathroat

The night on every side was turning red

They halted and they dug. They sank like moles

Into the clammy earth between the trees

And soon they sentries standing in their hole

Felt the first snow. Their feet began to freeze

At down the first shell landed with a crack

Then shells and bullets swept the icy woods

This lasted many days. The snow was black

The corpses stiffened in their scarlet hoods

Most clearly of that battle I remember

The tiredness in eyes. How hands looked thin

Around a cigarette and the bright ember

Would pulse with all the life there was within

The Battle Abdul Rehman

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When I was little

I remember, I used to

Hate going to school

The very sight of

Booksandclassrooms

Usedtosendshirers

Sown my spine

Butthenyoucome

Along and changed

My whole outlook

I never knew learning

Was so much fun

You taught me so much

About my life and about myself

You initiated me into

A whole new world of knowledge and discovery

If it weren’t you I’d still be

Groping in the darkness of ignorance

Teacher Waleed Ashraf

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What a botheration

For the young generation

Must study with concentration

English and its composition

Urduanditsrecitation

Math with its calculation

Chemistry with its Equation

Civics with its Civilization

Geography with its population

Biologywithitsclassification

Physics with its definition

Home lest, pre-board and detentions

Preparation, Preparation, Preparation

Who can survive in this situation?

While no time for recreation

“Ah! It’s Again Examination” Muhammad Umair

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The guns know what is what, but underneath

In fearful file

We go around burst boots and packs and teeth

That seem to smile

The scene jags like a strip of celluloid

The mortar fires

Cinzano falls, Michelin is destroyed

Then man of tires

As darkness drifts like fog in from the sea

Some body says

‘We’arediggingin;lookwellforthismaybe

The last of days

Hot lightnings stich the blind eye of the moon

The thunder’s blunt

We sleep our dreams pass in a faint platoon

Towardsthefront

Sleep well, for you are young. Each tree and bush

Drips with sweet dew

And earlier than morning june’s cool hush

Will waken you

The rifle men will wake and hold their breath

Though they may bleed

They will be proud a while of something death

Still seems to need

Memories of A Lost War Abdul Rehman

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Early in the morning

When the sun begin to rise

A little sun shine angle

Wakes up and rubs her eyes

She dresses up in sunshine

With growing golden eyes

And sets out on her wandering

She touches every flower

As it open to the shine

And spreads her warmth and happiness

Toblesseverythingweare

Sunrise Angle Warood Masood

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Just think about times of peace….

No assassinations, nobody on knees

Lovespreadinglightofcareeverywhere

Blissandjoyendlesslyfoundthere

Stress less day, serene night, placid years

A soothing hope smothering all the fears

Simple lives, caring attitudes

Warm feelings, sand loving hearts

Have all become things of the past

Arms and weapons, cries and blasts…..

Are we all living just to

Witness this holocaust…………..

Demise of Peace Atif Ayub

2nd Year A

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I am sleep, my dream is you

I am a biscuit, my cream is you

I am water, my steam is you

I am alone, my team is you

I am injury, my heal is you

I am a car, my wheel is you

I am hunger, my meal is you

I am business, my deal is you

I am bread, my wheat is you

I am sun, my heat is you

I am happiness, my treat is you

I am heart, my beat is you

I am body, my soul is you

I am act, my role is you

I am football, my goad is you

Friends Warood Masood

9th B



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Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure

It does means it haven’t successes yet

Failure doesn’t mean you have accomplished nothing

It doesn’t mean you have learned something

Failure doesn’t mean you have been fool

It does mean that you had a lot of faith

Failure doesn’t mean you have been disgraced

It does you were willing to try

Failure doesn’t mean you don’t have it

It does mean you have to something different way

Failure doesn’t mean you have wasted your life

It does mean you have a reason to start a refresh

Failure doesn’t mean you will never make it

It does mean it will take a little longer

Failure doesn’t mean God has abandoned you

It does mean God has batter idea

Failure …………Its Not the End…………..

Zaigham Mir 2nd Year C

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Taketimetothink…..

It is the source of all power

Taketimetoread………

It is the fountain of wisdom

Taketimetoplay………

It is the source of perpetual youth

Taketimetoquiet………

It is source of opportunity to seek God

Taketimetobeaware………

It is the opportunity to help others

Timetaketoloveandbeloved………

It is the God’s greatest gift

Timetaketodream………

It is what the future is made of

Timetaketopray………

It is the greatest power on earth

There is time for

Everything…………..

Take Time…………. Zaigham Mir

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A mother is special

She’s soft and graceful as a butterfly

Her heart is large enough to hold pain and joy

She works hard to make a home fell like home

She’s always there for her family

Guiding them and keeping safe from horn

She own’s a magical way to raise spirits

She instills the teaching that will last a lifetime

She always watch that her children have meaningful goals

Her name should honoured well

For she is the closest to God on earth

“Mother” Muhammad Ali

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Just me……………! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

I don’t understand

What everyone expects from me

And I don’t understand

The strange world I see

Is everyone foolish?

Or sleeping I may be

Am I thinking very boyish?

Or dreaming under a tree?

Am forced to do what I can’t

And I don’t want that stuff on me

I wish to do something special

That comes from the inside of me

This world listens to my works

Buttheydon’tlistentome

How come they say they know?

When they really don’t know me

This is all because

No one ever tried to understand me ………….. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Who sat and watched my infant head

When sleeping on my cradle bed

And tears of sweet affection shed?

My Mother

Who dressed me in clothes nice and gay

And fondly taught me how to play

And minded all I had to say?

My Mother

Who ran to help me when I feel

And would some pretty story tell

Or kiss my head to make me well?

My Mother

And can I ever cease to be

Affectionate and kind to thee

Who was so very hind to me

My Mother

When thou are feeble, old and goey

My healthy arm shall be thy stay

And I will soothe thy pains away

My Mother

My Mother Farhad Iqbal

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Eagle’s nature we carry along

Lifemakeustostrivebeingwise

We always carry a thundering song

Towhatheightcanwenotrise?

Trustandtruthareinourblood

We sacrifice for honor’s sake

The continuous struggle is like a flood

Excellence in duty we do partake

We are not ahaid to die

Whether there is light or dark

In difficulties, we do not cry

Duty remains our hallmark

Hallians never quit in the field

Charismatic qualities they never lack

Toanyoddstheyneveryield

Hallians never turn their back

Hallian Danish Hasni

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OhmyAllah!OhMyLord!

You have helped me a lot

When I do a sin in my thoughts

You put in my heart a dot

OhmyAllah!OhMyLord!


When I was hungry a lot

you gave me the mile of goat

OhmyAllah!OhMyLord!


When I was seeing a horrible dream of sinking boat

You gave me help in the sea to float

OhmyAllah!OhMyLord!


The time is short and the life is not

Butyouarestillblessingmealot

OhmyAllah!OhMyLord!


“Oh My Allah ! Oh My Lord!” Imran Javed

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In my dreamI, with a fellow, moved along a paved pathI saw green meadows with nectar streams, sweet fragrance and efflorescence on my rightI saw hot desert with porcupines, snakes and insects on my liftI, in a great confusion, stared at my fellowHe said “meadows for nobles and desert for evils”I advanced and sawPeople killing themselves with swords in the desertsI asked the fellow, ”Why”He rejoined, “Those who botched the peace and those who worked to maintain the peace,”I advance and sawPeople drinking blood of their brothers in the sesertPeople drinking nectar from the streams in the meadows I asked the fellow, “Why”Herejoined,”Bloodforthosewhokilledpeopleand nectar for those who cared for them.”I advance and sawKids playing in the park and eating cakes in the meadowsYoung men dying in sun and eating flesh I the desertI asked the fellow, “Why”He rejoined, “While playing in the parks, these kids were killed by those young men.”I advance and sawYoung ladies dancing and singing beside the flower beds in the meadowsInsects and snakes biting people in the desertI asked the fellow, “Why”

He rejoined, “While offering their prayers, these young ladies were slaughtered by those people.”I advance and sawYoung ladies dancing and singing beside the flower beds in the meadowsInsects and snakes biting people in the desertI asked the fellow, “Why”I advance and sawDesert with Nectar streams, sweet fragrance and efflorescence on my rightPeople enjoying in the desert on my leftPeople dying in the meadows in my right This time I came to know it myself “people on the left were those who did evil deeds but saved humanity and those Who did noble deeds but harmed humanity were on the right I asked him who was he He pointed towards the children playing in the park“I once belonged to GazaI was with my family in a parkWhen missile marked our family My whole family except one diedMy cute little sister.”He said and disappeated in a flash of lightOn my way back I saw him standing He was waiting for me He stared at me with tears in his eyesHe wanted to say somethingMaybe he wanted me to convey his regards to her sisterMaybe he wanted me to wish her sister” A HappyBirthday”Maybe he wanted me to buy her sister new clothes this Eid,MayBe………………………

“In My Dream” Yousaf Bin Farrukh

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After a while you learnThe subtle difference between

Holding a hand and chaining a soulAnd you learn

That love doesn’t mean leaning And company doesn’t mean security

And you begin to learnThat kisses aren’t contracts

And presents aren’t promises And you begin to accept your defeats

With your head up and your eyes aheadWith the grace of a woman, not the grief of child

And you learn TobuildallyourtoadsontodayBecausetomorrow’sgroundis

ToouncertainforplansAnd fututes have a way of falling down

In mid-flightAfter a while you learn

That even sunshine burnsIf you get too much

So you plant your own garden And decorate you own soul

Instead of waiting for someone Tobringyouflowers

And you learn that you really can endureYou really are strong worth

And you learnAnd you learn

With every goodbye, you learn……..

After A While Faseeh Bhatti

1st year C

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Gone are the days when

We used to live without tension

And used to sleep in our dream’s mansion

And would dream getting our huge daily pension

Gone are the days

Gone are the days, when

We used to study with no fear

And would take our result with no tear

And would happily forget our rear

Gone are the days


We used to sleep early night

And were best in every body’s sight

Our hearts were right and light

Gone are the days


In evening , we used to play

Forcing ourselves till the last ray

And would fully enjoy our day

Gone are the days

Gone are the days

“Gone Are The Days” Muhammad Ahsan Hashmi

9th C



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You were my first word ever spokenThe one whos always there

TomeyourloveistheultimatetokenNext to you, other mother’s don’t compare

The way you’re always there for meNo matter what I’ve done

That three letter name MOMTomeistheonlyone

You pick me up when I fallWhile wanting nothing in return

Always answer when I call You love, I never had to earn

You taught me right from wrongShowed me good from bad

LovemeallalongYou’re the best friend I’ve ever had

For me, you’re always came throughI mean what more can I say

Words can’t describe how much I love youThanks MOM you’ve made me the man I an

todayLoveyouMOM

Always and Forever

Mom Bilal Ahmed

7th E

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In English so the grammarians teach

You always find eight parts of speech

Noun is the name of thing

As “School” or “Garden”, “Hoop” or “String”

Verbstellwhenanythingisdone

As Henry “walks” she “writes” they “run”

Adjectives tell what kind of noun

AsTreeis“tall”,thebookis“Brown”

Instead of nouns the pronouns stand

As “he” is happy, “she” is grand

“where”, “When”, “How” the adverbs tell

As he walks “slowly”, she writes “well”

A preposition stands between

Towwords,asshestood“by”thequeen

Conjunction joins two words together

As march brings cool “and” windy weather

An interjection shows surprise

As “ow!” how pretty, “Ah!” so wise.

“Parts of Speech” Saqib Khan Afridi

1st year A



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This is the tale of an average man

WhoactscontrarytoALLAH’sPlan

If you are reflected there in, then

Repent and commit no sin

It was early in the moring at quarter to four

When death knocked upto a bedroom door

“Who is there? ” the sleeping one cried

“I am Israil, let me come side”

At once, the man began to shiver

As one sweating in deadly fever

He shouted to his sleeping wife

“Don’t let him take away me life !”

The angel knocked again and again

“Friend I’ll take your life without any pain

It is your soul that Allah requires

I came not with my own desire.”

Verydistressedthemanbegantocry

“Oh Angle I am afraid to die!

I’ll give you gold and be your slave

If only you don’t send me to my grave”

“Then the man held a gun in his hand

Ready to defy the Angle’s command

I’ll point my gun towards your head

If you come in I’ll shoot you dead”

BynowtheAnglehadenteredtheroom

Tellingthemantoprepareforhisdoom

“Foolish man, Angels never die

Put your gun down and breathe your last sigh.”

“Oh Angel! I bow my head in shame

I had no time for Ziker of Allah’s Name

From morn to dusk I made my wealth

Not even caring for my health

Allah’s commands, I never obeyed

Nor five times a day I ever prayed.”

“The laws of Quran I will now obey

I’ll begin Salat this very day

My fast and Hajj I will complete

And keep away from deceit”

“We Angels do what Allah Commahds

We cannot go against his plans

Death will come to everyone

Father, mothers, daughters, sons.”

The Knock of Death Salman Hashmi

A-Level

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“I am afraid this moment is your last

Now be reminded more of your past

I do now understand your fears

Butitisnowtoolateforanytears.”

“Your parents, teachers you did not obey

Hungry beggars you turned away

Instead of making your children into good

Muslims

You made them into bad citizens.”

“You just ate food which made you fat

With the very sick you never sat

Charity you never gave

Which could a little baby save.”

“Never did you love Allah’s beloved Prophet

(SAWW)

You thought he was an ordinary man and

thought nothing of it

Oh Poor Poor man if you only realize

The true status of the Prophet (SAWW) in

Allah’s Eyes.”

“Paradise for you? I cannot tell

UndoubtedlyyouwilldwellinHell!

There’s no time for you now to repent

I’ll take your soul for which I was sent. ”

This ending however is very sad

Eventually the man went mad

With a cry he jumped out bed

And suddenly he fell to the ground dead

OhMuslimsreaders!Takeamoralfromhere

You never know when your end may be never

Change your ways and make amends

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Oh Allah, my Allah

You are my lord

You created the words

Human, animals and birds

You make all things

You are king of kings

I am created by you

I always pray to you

Lifegavemetears

Which no one can bear

Lifegavemepleasure

And this is m greatest pleasure

““Allah and My Life” ???

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Early in the morning

When the son begins to rise

A little sunshine angle

Wakes up and rubs her eyes

She dresses up in sunshine

With glowing golden eyes

And sets out on her wandering

She touches every flower

As it opens to the sun

And spreads her warmth and happiness

Toblesseverythingweare

Syed sabih 5th orange

Sunrise Angle Syed sabih 5th orange



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BurnHallisacall

A shield, a wall

Against all odds

Against any downfall

It gives us wings

And all those things

Which an eagle needs

For the life it leads

It gives us insight

And makes all bright

In the darkness of life

It’s a beam of light

Always “rise high”

And touch the sky

In the learm of learning

Whenever you fly

It’s a heaven, a heaven

A shelter and all the bliss

Burn Hall Hassan Manzoor

IV Blue

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Lifewasnothingbutadream

Passing by just like a steam

Thinking I was born in rain

Just to see and feel the pain

Then you came and made me see

Moon in the nights and flower in the glee

Chrpring birds who sang above

Made me sing the song of love

World how seems to be a pleasure

Finding you is like a treasure

Now I want to live forever

And sing a son of love, together

Together M. Usman

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My father is always there

Whenever I find difficulties anywhere

I never feel lonely anwhere

Becausehisloveisalwaysnear

My father is very caring

His heart is full of sharing

His guidance make me daring

In every field of playing

He is the great father in the world

He loves me from the cole of his heart

Ohfather!Letmeaskyousomeword

I love you more than anything in the world

My Loving Father Ahmed Faraz

3rd Bule

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A precious wealth

Which can never be stolen, or lost

It has more power,

Than sword

It does not kill the people

Butkilltheirevilthought

It shows the way to those

Who are lost in the darkness

It is also the source

Totellthefeelingsofourheart

Pen Sardar Samiullah Saleem

4th Orange



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Teachersarequeercreators

They seem to have odd feathers

No matter some of them are tall

They don’t like children at all

Some teachers loving, caring

And some of them are two daring

Most of them walking with a stick

They can’t hit & won’t break a brick

Butmydearfriends!Seizemyadvice

Teachersonthewhilearesonice

Teachers Bilal siddique

6th Blue

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Having different names

I love to play

Throughout the day

I never get bored

Seeing the ball being rolled

In the day or in the night

Even if there is no light

I want to play

Throughout the day

Hockey, cricket and football

I love to pall them all

I Love Games Talha Shah

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Oh my God! I love you a lot

Please show me the right path

Teachmethewaytorisehigh

Takemynameuptothesky

Keep me close to your eye

This is what I pray for till I die

For successful life, tell me to appear

How to get jouys when they’re near

Give us power to fight for our right

And make our future very bright

Letmetrytobeferfect

Other’s feelings I should neglect

ButifIcan’tdosowell

Takemetoheaven,nottohell

What I can do is to try to be true

That’s all, for what I pray to you

A Prayer Suleman Khan

III Green

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Where do all the teachers go When its for o’clock?

Do they live in housesAnd do they wash their socks?

Do they wear pajamas?AnddotheywatchTV?

And do they pick their noses The same as you and me?

Do they live with other people Have they mums and dads

And were they ever children And were they ever bad

Did they ever, never spell right Did they ever make mistakes?

Where they punished in the cornerIf they pinched the chocolate flakes

Did they ever lose their hymn booksDid they ever leave their greens?

Did they ever scribble on the desktop

Did they wear old dirty jeans?I’ll follow one back home today

I’ll find our what they doThen I’ll put it in a poem

That then can read to you.Husnain usman 1st Red

Where Do All the Teachers Go? Husnain usman

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Houses, Club Reports and

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Syed Ahmed Shaheed HouseThe Champion House

Housemaster : Mir Iftikhar Ahmed

Assistant Housemaster : Qazi Muhammad Tauseef

House Prefect : Bilal Ali Sultan

Assistant House Prefects : Hammad Akram

Muhammad Fuzail Hashmi

House Sports Secretary : Tahir Safdar

House Mess Secretary : Shahzaib-ul-Hassan

In a rsidential institution, a house plays a very significant role in preparing the students for the future. It is one large family with the housemaster as guardian. It is therefore important that the students work devotedly towards achieving their mission in life.

Syed Ahmed Shaheed House has always produced some of the best Hallians in academics as well as sports. The House has always stood up with flying colours. It has always strived to create discipline, patroitism and a high spirit of sportsmanship among the students.

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Inter House Competitions are important aspect of school life which not only add charm but also provide an outlet to frustration and home sickness at the fields.

This year the House has shown improvement in Seniors sports competitions and clinched the Inter House Championship Trophy.

The achievement of House are as follows:

Academics

COAS Gold Medal Salman Ahmad Shaikh

College Appointments

President English Literary Society Salman Shahid Hashmi

Secretary English Literary Society Mahmood Sultan

Trophies

English Debates, Independence Day, Basketball (Juniors), Cricket (Juniors) Football (Seniors & Juniors), Hockey (Seniors), Squash (Senior & Juniors), Tennis (Juniors), Volleyball (Seniors), Athletics (Seniors), Dr Waqarullah Memorial and COAS Champions.

Best of the House (Seniors)

Best Boy Bilal Ali Sultan

Best Sportsman Abubakar bin Asad

Best in Academics Muhammad Naeem

Best Athlete Abdul Moeed

Best of the House (Juniors)

Best Boy Aftab Kakar

Best Sportsman Javed Iqbal

Best in Academics Noman Khalid

Best Athlete Hafiz Naveed

Captains and Colours (Seniors)

Football Captain Muhammad Naeem

Football Colour Umer Farooq

Cricket Captain Umair Alam

Cricket Colour Abdul Moeed



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Basketball Captain Muhammad Irfan Shaikh

Basketball Colour Muhammad Awais Nasar

Hockey Captain Adil Aslam

Hockey Colour Sikandar Ali Shah

Squash Captain Asad Abbas

Squash Colour Sarmad Farooq

Tennis Captain Tahir Safdar

Tennis Colour Muhammad Sultan

Athletics Captain Muhammad Junaid Irtiza

Athletics Colour Mutahir Ahmad

Volleyball Captain Shahzaib-ul-Hassan

Volleyball Colour Ali Karamat

Captains and Colours (Juniors)

Football Captain Waleed Khalid

Football Colour Ammar Talha

Cricket Captain Haseeb-ur-Rehman

Cricket Colour Asad Ali Shigri

Basketball Captain Ahmad Nawaz

Basketball Colour Ahmad Saleem

Hockey Captain Umar Jamal

Hockey Colour Hamza Ashraf

Squash Captain Ammar Rafi

Squash Colour Zain Jamil

Tennis Captain Abdul Mannan

Tennis Colour Muhammad Ahmad

Athletics Captain Hassan Mudassir

Athletics Colour Sheryar Ghumman

Volleyball Captain Haseeb-ur-Rahman

Volleyball Colour Salman Khan

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Housemaster : Mr Ayyaz Hussain Bhutta

Assistant Housemaster : Mr Saqib Hamid Abbasi

House Prefect : Hamza Iqbal

Assistant House Prefects : Ateeb Saeed

Uzair Qadeer

House Sports Secretary : Sohail Raza

House Mess Secretary : Muhammad Naeem Irshad

Inter House Competitions are undoubtedly a site for sour eyes as the students not only exhibit their strength and skill in playground but also their mental abilities at the rostrum. The real purpose of Inter House Competitions is to let the students develop integrity, discipline & Sportsman spirit into their souls victory or defeat is not the main aim behind these competitions.

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paramount importance to character building. It also lays emphasis on the grooming of the hidden talents of the students and provides ample opportunities to give vent to their horizons. Encouraging the students and inculcating new spirit in them is the Hallmark of STS. The students of STS House played active role in all the activities of the College and showed tremendous sportsmanship.

A glimpse of the achievements of Sultan Tipu Shaheed House for the year 2011 it as under:


College Prefect Abubakar Sanaullah Bajwa Assistant College Prefect Waleed Usman College Sports Secretary Soban Zulfiqar President Bazm-e-Adab Khawar Latif Khan Vice President Bazm-e-Adab Asad Ashfaq Naqvi Joint Secretary (ELS) Hamid Mahabat Khan

Academics

COAS Gold Medal Essa Khan Chairman BoG Gold Medal Basil Ahmad

Trophies

Urdu Debates, Urdu Declamation, Basketball (Seniors), Squash (Juniors), Tennis (Seniors), Athletics (Juniors) and Dr Waqarullah Memorial.


Best Boy Hamza Iqbal

Best Sportsman Soban Zulfiqar

Best in Academics Farrukh Iqbal

Best Athlete Sohail Raza


Best Boy Kashif Javed

Best Sportsman Rameez Ibrar

Best in Academics Abdul Rahman

Best Athlete Muhammad Ibrar

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Squash Captain Ateeb Saeed Squash Colour Hamza Iqbal Tennis Captain Ammar Aslam Tennis Colour Hammad Bashir Basketball Captain Muhammad Naeem Irshad Basketball Colour Bilawal Bashir Football Captain Shayyan Ahmad Football Colour Hasnain Ali Shibli Hockey Captain Muhammad Ali Hockey Colour Abubakar Bajwa Volleyball Captain Asad Ashfaq Naqvi Volleyball Colour Danial Nazar Athletics Captain Muhammad Naeem Irshad Athletics Colour Talha Ashraf Cricket Captain Amir Sohail Cricket Colour Muhammad Hassan Khan


Squash Captain Shahbaz Inzamam-ul-Haq Squash Colour Kamran Irshad Tennis Captain Kashif Javed Tennis Colour Usman Niazi Basketball Captain Taimor Iqbal Basketball Colour Torab Haider Hockey Captain Wasim Ayub Hockey Colour Sarim Khalid Football Captain Warood Masood Football Colour Hassan Raza Volleyball Captain Hamza Hussain Shah Volleyball Colour Sheraz Dogar Cricket Captain Mubarak Shah Cricket Colour Rameez Ibrar Athletics Captain Hamza Zahid Athletics Colour Hamza Fiyaz



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Housemaster : Mr Saqlain Safdar

Assistant Housemaster : Mr Faisal Azeem

House Prefect : Faraz Ahmad Butt

Assistant House Prefects : Hassan Masood

Danial Tariq

House Sports Secretary : Syed Muneeb Gilani

House Mess Secretary : Akbar Ajmal

It is a matter of great pride for the students of Shah Ismail Shaheed House that it has, in keeping with its traditions, the House has performed well and had given neck to neck competion to both Syed Ahmed Shaheed and Sultan Tipu Shaheed House respectively.

Shah Ismail Shaheed House has positively proved its mettle in the field of sports. It is also note worthy that the majority of the boys in the college teams were from this House.

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The spirit of leadership has always remained an integral part of the House.

It is the slogan of SIS House that dignity always comes out of excellent conduct as shown by young Ismailians.


Vice President (ELS) Malik Muhammad Alam Secretary (Bazm-e-Adab) Jamal Yaqoob Jaffri Joint Secretary (Bazm-e-Adab) Shan Ali Awan Chairman BoG Gold Medal Omer Ishtiaq

Trophies

Academics, Naat & Qiraat, English Declamation, Interior Economy, Quiz, Cricket (Seniors), Hockey (Juniors), Squash (Juniors) and Volleyball (Juniors)


Best Boy Faraz Ahmad Butt Best in Academics Hassan Masood Best Athlete Shahroze Khan Best Sportsman Umer Lateef


Best Boy Sohail Ahmad Best in Academics Taimoor Khan Best Athlete Usman Munir Best Sportsman Hammad Ali


Football Captain Syed Muneeb Gilani Football Colour Shahroze Khan Cricket Captain Usman Sajid Mughal Cricket Colour Jazib Ali Basketball Captain Rai Fawad Hassan Basketball Colour Akbar Ajmal Hockey Captain Faraz Ahmad Butt



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Hockey Colour Muhammad Azeem Squash Captain Yousaf bin Farrukh Squash Colour Sufian Zafar Tennis Captain Syed Munib Gilani Tennis Colour Ahmad Rehan-ul-Haq Athletics Captain Khawaja Fawad Athletics Colour Azizullah Bagash Volleyball Captain Noman Ahmad Volleyball Colour Inam Khan


Football Captain Hammad Ali Football Colour Shahabuddin Cricket Captain Sarooj Jasim Cricket Colour Asad Abbas Basketball Captain Arbab Ahmad Basketball Colour Saad Akram Hockey Captain Ameer Hamza Hockey Colour Ali Raza Squash Captain Ali Husnain Squash Colour Mudassir Mubeen Tennis Captain Usman Tanveer Tennis Colour Armughan Ahmad Athletics Captain Noman Munir Athletics Colour Umar Khalid Volleyball Captain Bilal Khan Volleyball Colour Kashif Akhtar

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English Literary Society

In charge : Mr Tashfeen AbbasiAssistant-in-Charges : Mr Mansoor Alam Khan Qazi Muhammad ToseefPresident : Salman Shahid HashmiVice President : Malik Muhammad AlamSecretary : Mahmood SultanJoint Secretary : Hamid Mahabat Khan

Today’s world is very much dynamic and complex. The man of 21st century is facing lot of challenges. Here at Burn Hall, we are fully aware of these facts and Hallians are trained in multi farious dimensions of life. English Literary Society is a known forum of Burn Hall, which provides ample opportunity to the students to polish innate abilities especially the communicatioin skills. This is why a Hallian thinks in a right way, and very easily and confidently gives vent to his thoughts in a very eloquent manner. English Literary Society holds the Annual Inter House Debates and Declamation Contests, both at Juniors and Seniors levels. This year too English Literary Society alongwith Urdu Bazm-e-Adab successfully organised 15th All Pakistan Bilingual Declamation Contest in which speakers from the renowned Institutions of Pakistan participated. Throughout the year, ELS remains busy in arranging in curricular and co-curricular activities. Such as English Essay and Story Writing Competitioins both at Juniors and Seniors Level, which gives every student an opportunity to express his views and to come foreward as young writers. Apart from these ELS has sent the young eagles to various Bilingual Contests held at various leading Institutions of Pakistan. They live up to the College Motto ‘To What Heights Can I not Rise’.



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Biology Club

Incharge : Mr Muhammed HanifAssistant-in-Charges : Mr Shad Muhammed Miss Sadaf MasseyPresident : Ahmad Rehan-ul-HaqVice President : Jazib AliSecretary : Farrukh Iqbal

Like previous years, the Biology Club was determined to maintain their tradition by taking keen interest in the preparation of various projects.

The exhibition of Biology Club, was a class clear reflection of the insight of the biology students and their understanding of different aspects of nature. Hallians remain busy in performing various experiments which are related to life under the supervision of learned instructors in Biology Club. Our goal is to expose member to academic and career opportunities.

Students exhibited various science models on the Annual Parents Day and Prize Distribution Ceremony. The parents and guests took keen interest in these models. Some of the notable models were respiratory system, circulatory system, CT scan and classification of plants etc.

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Chemistry Club

Incharge : Mrs Saira BanoAssistant-in-Charges : Mrs Fouzia Kamran Mr Naseer AhmadPresident : Salman Shahid HashmiVice President : Ammar AslamSecretary : Muhammad Ali

An educational institution like Burn Hall is known for its multifarious activities, not only of the body but of the mind as well. In the year 2010 the Chemistry Club which is the integral part of the College, it brings the students of various classes closer to the real life and makes them realize the importance of science in general and Chemistry in particular. This club has developed an attitude of scientific observation among the young Hallians by utilizing their creative abilities and by imparting practical knowledge of the subject. This year too the members of the club displayed excellent projects on the Annual Parents Day by displaying both skill and innovative ideas. The Chief Guest and the parents appreciated the efforts of the students. Some of the projects on display were: Water purification plant, voltaic cells structure of macro-molecules, industrial production of Sulphuric Acid, Bleeching powder, Solvay’s Industry, Corbon and nitrogen cycles and live volcanic errurption.



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Electronics Club

Incharge : Mr Saqlain SafdarAssistant-in-Charges : Mr Qasim Abbasi Mr Saqib HamidPresident : Usman Sajid MughalVice President : Soban ZulfiqarSecretary : Shahroze Khan

It is a fact that scientific development shows the development of a country. It is the need of the day that besides theoritcal teaching, students should be involved in the practical and creative work at the grass root level. In this connection students do research before building a model ensures provision of reated knowledge.

This year a lavish display of creative and innovative projects were presented on the Parents Day by the Electronics Club. Some of the remarkable projects were Firealarm, Friendometre and most remarkably a UPS. These projects were highly appreciated by the chief guest and parents.

1. Light Sensor 2. Metal Detector

3. Friendometer 4. Check your patience

5. Water level detector 6. Solar Car

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Computer Club

Incharge : Mr Zubair Ahmed LodhiAssistant-in-Charges : Mr Qazi Adnan-ul-Haq Mr Jamshaid Ali TuriPresident : Bilawal BashirVice President : Sarmad Nazir AbbasiSecretary : Muhammad Hassan Khan

As we look around, we observe that the principles of science are constantly being applied in various fields, such as space science, micro electronics; satellite communication etc. science and technology are now recognized as indispensable instruments for the attainment of National goals. The modern age is acknowledged as an era of Computer and Internet. That is the reason that computer studies hold an immense place in the curriculum of every educational institution. Keeping in mind the importance of computer technology, Army Burn Hall has laid special emphasis on this area. College Computer Club is organized for the aforesaid purpose. Since its foundation this club has been rendering valuable services in upgrading computer literacy. We have moved a step forward this year by computerizing different departments of the college and interconnecting them with one another. As far as our students are concerned, they do not lag behind other institutions in the field of software development, graphic arts, database administration, computer programming and all the related fields of modern computer technology. In fact we have begun to make voyages into the space of computer science. Our students have penetrated into the new layers of computerization On the occasion of Annual Day and other similar occasions or student have proved their talent and their full command over computer technology. The Chief Guest and the parents appreciated the talents of our students. Our real aim of club has always been to promote social progress and awareness of modern technologies among the students and struggle for bringing about a harmonious relationship between students and the computer.



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Fine Arts Club

Incharge : Mrs Riffat Shaheen NaqviAssistant-in-Charges : Mrs Rubina Sohail Mrs Nabila Hassan Mr Noshad KhanPresident : Abubakar Sanaullah BajwaVice President : Asad AbbasSecretary : Abdul Moeed

The clearest definition of fine arts is a visual considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposes judged for its beauty and meaningfulness especially, painting, sculpture, drawing, water colour, graphics and architecture. The word “fine” denotes the purity of the discipline.

Fine Arts Club provides an opportunity to the students to show their talent, express their aesthetic skills, sense and taste by creating beautiful pieces art and different channels such as landscapes, photography, sketching, glass work, mosaic, collage work etc. As always the Fine Arts Club has been rendering valuable services and remains busy throughout the year in exhibiting profound talent and creative abilities of Hallians.

On Annual Parents Day and Prize Distribution Ceremony, the Club gave marvellous display. The gallery was greatly appreciated by the Chief Guest and Parents.

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Drama Club

Incharge : Mrs Aniqa Anwar Shah Assistant-in-Charges : Mrs Nuzhat Mumtaz Miss Tahira SadiqPresident : Tahir SafdarVice President : Abdul MoeedSecretary : Shahzaib-ul-Hassan

Drama is the fountain of life for the children. It gives sparkle to home, school or wherever children gather. Children are actors without stage fright. They perform as expertly to an empty hall as to a full house. They say what they feel and feel what they say. They unashamedly use enormous conceptions and unintentional puns. Creativity abounds, children ride a plant ‘horse’, eat sand ‘cakes’ and drink water ‘drinks’ without apology for their realism. If adult have sensitive ears, eyes and hearts, they may be moved from the deepest anguish to poetic ecstasy or be entertained by rollicking slap stick. Drama is something that we all engage in daily life. Drama has a role to play in all the four skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. This year too the Drama Club of the College was busy in the creative faculties of the Hallians. On the occasion of Annual Parents Day and Prize Distribution Ceremony, they presented an English Play ‘Twelfth Night’ which was very well appreciated by the guests and also a tableau based on the song of Jawwad Ahmed to highten the sense of patriotism among the masses. Apart from these the young Hallians long various folk songs to show the national harmony.



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College Teams

Basketball

Cricket

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College Teams

Football

Hockey



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College Sports Teams

Gymnastics

Riding

Karate

Pictorial